#B5AFBC#B5AFBC

#B5AFBC is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.019 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AFBC
RGB	rgb(181, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(268, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 4.58, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 7.44, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0116 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.019 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4616, 44.1146, 53.7925)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AFBC #B6BCAF

analogous

#AFAFBC #B5AFBC #BBAFBC

triadic

#B5AFBC #BCB5AF #AFBCB5

tetradic

#B5AFBC #BCAFAF #B6BCAF #AFBCBB

square

#B5AFBC #BCAFAF #B6BCAF #AFBCBB

split-complementary

#B5AFBC #BCBBAF #AFBCAF

monochromatic

#776E83 #968EA0 #B5AFBC #D4D0D8 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B5AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#B5AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AFBC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AFBC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.019 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6d0',
    500: '#b5afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5afbc;
$custom-light: #cbc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76296,
    "c": 0.01945,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AFBC

secondary

#E4E5E2

accent

#935375

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AFBC

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

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