#B5ABC2#B5ABC2

#B5ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.034 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABC2
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 7.95, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 13.11, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0198 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.034 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3548, 42.8447, 57.0143)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABC2 #B8C2AB

analogous

#ABADC2 #B5ABC2 #C1ABC2

triadic

#B5ABC2 #C2B5AB #ABC2B5

tetradic

#B5ABC2 #C2ABAD #B8C2AB #ABC2C1

square

#B5ABC2 #C2ABAD #B8C2AB #ABC2C1

split-complementary

#B5ABC2 #C2C1AB #ADC2AB

monochromatic

#77668D #9688A8 #B5ABC2 #D4CEDC #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B5ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABC2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABC2	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.034 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4d4',
    500: '#b5abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5abc2;
$custom-light: #cbc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.03426,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABC2

secondary

#E5E7E1

accent

#9A4B78

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABC2

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

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