#B5ABCD#B5ABCD

#B5ABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.049 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ABCD
RGB	rgb(181, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(258, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 10.21, -15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 18.94, 302.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0236 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.049 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6362, 43.3573, 63.7630)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ABCD #C3CDAB

analogous

#ABB2CD #B5ABCD #C6ABCD

triadic

#B5ABCD #CDB5AB #ABCDB5

tetradic

#B5ABCD #CDABB2 #C3CDAB #ABCDC6

square

#B5ABCD #CDABB2 #C3CDAB #ABCDC6

split-complementary

#B5ABCD #CDC6AB #B2CDAB

monochromatic

#725F9F #9385B6 #B5ABCD #D7D1E4 #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B5ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B5ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ABCD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ABCD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.049 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4dc',
    500: '#b5abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5abcd;
$custom-light: #cbc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76072,
    "c": 0.04923,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ABCD

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A44287

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ABCD

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

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