#B3ABC2#B3ABC2

#B3ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.034 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABC2
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(261, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 7.27, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 12.93, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0176 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.034 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8891, 42.6046, 56.9925)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABC2 #BAC2AB

analogous

#ABAFC2 #B3ABC2 #BFABC2

triadic

#B3ABC2 #C2B3AB #ABC2B3

tetradic

#B3ABC2 #C2ABAF #BAC2AB #ABC2BF

square

#B3ABC2 #C2ABAF #BAC2AB #ABC2BF

split-complementary

#B3ABC2 #C2BFAB #AFC2AB

monochromatic

#73668D #9388A8 #B3ABC2 #D3CEDC #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B3ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B3ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABC2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABC2	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.034 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d4',
    500: '#b3abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abc2;
$custom-light: #c9c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.03367,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABC2

secondary

#E5E7E1

accent

#9A4B7F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABC2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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