#B3ACBD#B3ACBD

#B3ACBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.025 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ACBD
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(265, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 5.73, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 9.66, 306.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0142 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.025 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5266, 42.7629, 54.1479)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ACBD #B6BDAC

analogous

#ACADBD #B3ACBD #BBACBD

triadic

#B3ACBD #BDB3AC #ACBDB3

tetradic

#B3ACBD #BDACAD #B6BDAC #ACBDBB

square

#B3ACBD #BDACAD #B6BDAC #ACBDBB

split-complementary

#B3ACBD #BDBBAC #ADBDAC

monochromatic

#756A85 #948AA2 #B3ACBD #D2CED8 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3ACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B3ACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ACBD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ACBD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3acbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.025 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4d0',
    500: '#b3acbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3acbd;
$custom-light: #c9c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3acbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.0252,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ACBD

secondary

#E3E5E0

accent

#955079

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ACBD

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

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