#B5ADBB#B5ADBB

#B5ADBB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.022 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ADBB
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(274, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 5.48, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 8.21, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0142 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.022 311)
XYZ	xyz(42.9678, 43.2989, 53.0980)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ADBB #B3BBAD

analogous

#AEADBB #B5ADBB #BBADBA

triadic

#B5ADBB #BBB5AD #ADBBB5

tetradic

#B5ADBB #BBAEAD #B3BBAD #ADBABB

square

#B5ADBB #BBAEAD #B3BBAD #ADBABB

split-complementary

#B5ADBB #BABBAD #ADBBAE

monochromatic

#786C82 #978C9F #B5ADBB #D3CED7 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B5ADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B5ADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ADBB

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ADBB	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5adbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.022 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc5cf',
    500: '#b5adbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5adbb;
$custom-light: #cbc5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5adbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.02161,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.43299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ADBB

secondary

#E2E4E0

accent

#93526E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ADBB

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

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