#B5AABE#B5AABE

#B5AABE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.031 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AABE
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 7.71, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 11.69, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0198 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.031 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7235, 42.2911, 54.6175)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AABE #B3BEAA

analogous

#ABAABE #B5AABE #BEAABD

triadic

#B5AABE #BEB5AA #AABEB5

tetradic

#B5AABE #BEABAA #B3BEAA #AABDBE

square

#B5AABE #BEABAA #B3BEAA #AABDBE

split-complementary

#B5AABE #BDBEAA #AABEAB

monochromatic

#786787 #9787A3 #B5AABE #D3CDD9 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B5AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AABE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AABE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.031 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3d1',
    500: '#b5aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aabe;
$custom-light: #cbc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75352,
    "c": 0.03073,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AABE

secondary

#E2E5DF

accent

#974E6F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AABE

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

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