#B3AEBF#B3AEBF

#B3AEBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.025 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AEBF
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(258, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 5.03, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 9.46, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.012 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.025 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1287, 43.6174, 55.4270)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AEBF #BABFAE

analogous

#AEB2BF #B3AEBF #BCAEBF

triadic

#B3AEBF #BFB3AE #AEBFB3

tetradic

#B3AEBF #BFAEB2 #BABFAE #AEBFBC

square

#B3AEBF #BFAEB2 #BABFAE #AEBFBC

split-complementary

#B3AEBF #BFBCAE #B2BFAE

monochromatic

#736B88 #938CA4 #B3AEBF #D3D0DA #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B3AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B3AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AEBF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AEBF	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.025 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d2',
    500: '#b3aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aebf;
$custom-light: #c9c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76025,
    "c": 0.0246,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AEBF

secondary

#E5E7E2

accent

#965081

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AEBF

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

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