#B7ABBD#B7ABBD

#B7ABBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.029 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7ABBD
RGB	rgb(183, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 7.65, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 10.81, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0201 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.029 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2752, 42.8675, 54.1287)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7ABBD #B1BDAB

analogous

#AEABBD #B7ABBD #BDABBA

triadic

#B7ABBD #BDB7AB #ABBDB7

tetradic

#B7ABBD #BDAEAB #B1BDAB #ABBABD

square

#B7ABBD #BDAEAB #B1BDAB #ABBABD

split-complementary

#B7ABBD #BABDAB #ABBDAE

monochromatic

#7C6985 #9A89A2 #B7ABBD #D4CDD8 #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B7ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B7ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7ABBD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7ABBD	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)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.029 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc4d0',
    500: '#b7abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7abbd;
$custom-light: #ccc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75689,
    "c": 0.02863,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7ABBD

secondary

#E1E4DF

accent

#964F67

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7ABBD

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

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