#B3AFBC#B3AFBC

#B3AFBC is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.019 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AFBC
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(258, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 3.89, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 7.25, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0094 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.019 300)
XYZ	xyz(42.9959, 43.8745, 53.7707)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AFBC #B8BCAF

analogous

#AFB1BC #B3AFBC #B9AFBC

triadic

#B3AFBC #BCB3AF #AFBCB3

tetradic

#B3AFBC #BCAFB1 #B8BCAF #AFBCB9

square

#B3AFBC #BCAFB1 #B8BCAF #AFBCB9

split-complementary

#B3AFBC #BCB9AF #B1BCAF

monochromatic

#746E83 #938EA0 #B3AFBC #D3D0D8 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B3AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B3AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AFBC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AFBC	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)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.019 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d0',
    500: '#b3afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3afbc;
$custom-light: #c9c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76131,
    "c": 0.01884,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.43874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AFBC

secondary

#E4E5E2

accent

#93537F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AFBC

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

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