#B3AFBB#B3AFBB

#B3AFBB is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.017 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AFBB
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(260, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(260, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 3.70, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 6.71, 303.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.009 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.017 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8884, 43.8315, 53.2049)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AFBB #B7BBAF

analogous

#AFB1BB #B3AFBB #B9AFBB

triadic

#B3AFBB #BBB3AF #AFBBB3

tetradic

#B3AFBB #BBAFB1 #B7BBAF #AFBBB9

square

#B3AFBB #BBAFB1 #B7BBAF #AFBBB9

split-complementary

#B3AFBB #BBB9AF #B1BBAF

monochromatic

#756E82 #948E9F #B3AFBB #D2D0D7 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B3AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B3AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AFBB

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AFBB	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.017 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6cf',
    500: '#b3afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3afbb;
$custom-light: #c9c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.01747,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AFBB

secondary

#E3E4E1

accent

#92537D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AFBB

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

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