#B3ABC3#B3ABC3

#B3ABC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.035 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABC3
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(260, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 7.48, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 13.46, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0179 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.035 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0018, 42.6496, 57.5859)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABC3 #BBC3AB

analogous

#ABAFC3 #B3ABC3 #BFABC3

triadic

#B3ABC3 #C3B3AB #ABC3B3

tetradic

#B3ABC3 #C3ABAF #BBC3AB #ABC3BF

square

#B3ABC3 #C3ABAF #BBC3AB #ABC3BF

split-complementary

#B3ABC3 #C3BFAB #AFC3AB

monochromatic

#73668E #9387AA #B3ABC3 #D3CFDD #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#B3ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABC3

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABC3	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.035 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d5',
    500: '#b3abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abc3;
$custom-light: #c9c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.03503,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABC3

secondary

#E6E8E2

accent

#9B4B80

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABC3

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

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