#B5ACBC#B5ACBC

#B5ACBC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.025 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ACBC
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 6.22, -7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 9.37, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.016 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.025 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8842, 42.9598, 53.6001)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ACBC #B3BCAC

analogous

#ADACBC #B5ACBC #BCACBB

triadic

#B5ACBC #BCB5AC #ACBCB5

tetradic

#B5ACBC #BCADAC #B3BCAC #ACBBBC

square

#B5ACBC #BCADAC #B3BCAC #ACBBBC

split-complementary

#B5ACBC #BBBCAC #ACBCAD

monochromatic

#786A83 #978AA1 #B5ACBC #D3CED7 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B5ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ACBC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ACBC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.025 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4d0',
    500: '#b5acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5acbc;
$custom-light: #cbc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75689,
    "c": 0.02464,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ACBC

secondary

#E2E4E0

accent

#95516F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ACBC

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

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