#B5ABBF#B5ABBF

#B5ABBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.030 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABBF
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 191)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 7.35, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 11.55, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0187 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.03 308)
XYZ	xyz(43.0213, 42.7113, 55.2578)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABBF #B5BFAB

analogous

#ABABBF #B5ABBF #BFABBF

triadic

#B5ABBF #BFB5AB #ABBFB5

tetradic

#B5ABBF #BFABAB #B5BFAB #ABBFBF

square

#B5ABBF #BFABAB #B5BFAB #ABBFBF

split-complementary

#B5ABBF #BFBFAB #ABBFAB

monochromatic

#786888 #9688A5 #B5ABBF #D4CED9 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B5ABBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B5ABBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABBF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABBF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5abbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.030 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4d2',
    500: '#b5abbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5abbf;
$custom-light: #cbc4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5abbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.03028,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.42711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABBF

secondary

#E3E6E0

accent

#984E73

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABBF

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

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