#B3ABC6#B3ABC6

#B3ABC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.039 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABC6
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 8.09, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 15.06, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.019 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.039 299)
XYZ	xyz(43.3444, 42.7867, 59.3903)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABC6 #BEC6AB

analogous

#ABB1C6 #B3ABC6 #C1ABC6

triadic

#B3ABC6 #C6B3AB #ABC6B3

tetradic

#B3ABC6 #C6ABB1 #BEC6AB #ABC6C1

square

#B3ABC6 #C6ABB1 #BEC6AB #ABC6C1

split-complementary

#B3ABC6 #C6C1AB #B1C6AB

monochromatic

#726493 #9287AD #B3ABC6 #D4CFDF #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B3ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABC6

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABC6	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.039 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d7',
    500: '#b3abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abc6;
$custom-light: #c9c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.03916,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.42787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABC6

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4884

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABC6

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

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