#B3ABCD#B3ABCD

#B3ABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.049 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ABCD
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(254, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(254, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 9.55, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 18.82, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0214 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.049 296)
XYZ	xyz(44.1705, 43.1171, 63.7412)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ABCD #C5CDAB

analogous

#ABB4CD #B3ABCD #C4ABCD

triadic

#B3ABCD #CDB3AB #ABCDB3

tetradic

#B3ABCD #CDABB4 #C5CDAB #ABCDC4

square

#B3ABCD #CDABB4 #C5CDAB #ABCDC4

split-complementary

#B3ABCD #CDC4AB #B4CDAB

monochromatic

#6E5F9F #9085B6 #B3ABCD #D6D1E4 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B3ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B3ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ABCD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ABCD	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.049 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4dc',
    500: '#b3abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3abcd;
$custom-light: #cac4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75906,
    "c": 0.04889,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.43117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ABCD

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A4428D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ABCD

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

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