#B5ABBD#B5ABBD

#B5ABBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.028 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABBD
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(273, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 6.96, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 10.53, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0179 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.028 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8027, 42.6238, 54.1066)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABBD #B3BDAB

analogous

#ACABBD #B5ABBD #BDABBC

triadic

#B5ABBD #BDB5AB #ABBDB5

tetradic

#B5ABBD #BDACAB #B3BDAB #ABBCBD

square

#B5ABBD #BDACAB #B3BDAB #ABBCBD

split-complementary

#B5ABBD #BCBDAB #ABBDAC

monochromatic

#786985 #9789A2 #B5ABBD #D3CDD8 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B5ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABBD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABBD	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.028 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4d0',
    500: '#b5abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5abbd;
$custom-light: #cbc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.02768,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABBD

secondary

#E2E4DF

accent

#964F6F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABBD

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

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