#B5AABA#B5AABA

#B5AABA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.026 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AABA
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(281, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 6.92, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 9.68, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0183 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.026 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2923, 42.1186, 52.3465)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AABA #AFBAAA

analogous

#ADAABA #B5AABA #BAAAB7

triadic

#B5AABA #BAB5AA #AABAB5

tetradic

#B5AABA #BAADAA #AFBAAA #AAB7BA

square

#B5AABA #BAADAA #AFBAAA #AAB7BA

split-complementary

#B5AABA #B7BAAA #AABAAD

monochromatic

#796981 #98889F #B5AABA #D2CCD5 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B5AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B5AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AABA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AABA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.026 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3ce',
    500: '#b5aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aaba;
$custom-light: #cbc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 10.39,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7522,
    "c": 0.02568,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AABA

secondary

#DFE2DE

accent

#945166

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AABA

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

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