#B8ABC2#B8ABC2

#B8ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.035 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ABC2
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 8.97, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 13.46, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0231 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.035 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0660, 43.2114, 57.0476)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ABC2 #B5C2AB

analogous

#ADABC2 #B8ABC2 #C2ABC1

triadic

#B8ABC2 #C2B8AB #ABC2B8

tetradic

#B8ABC2 #C2ADAB #B5C2AB #ABC1C2

square

#B8ABC2 #C2ADAB #B5C2AB #ABC1C2

split-complementary

#B8ABC2 #C1C2AB #ABC2AD

monochromatic

#7C668D #9A88A8 #B8ABC2 #D6CEDC #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#B8ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ABC2

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ABC2	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.035 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4d4',
    500: '#b8abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8abc2;
$custom-light: #cdc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75941,
    "c": 0.03542,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ABC2

secondary

#E4E7E1

accent

#9A4B6E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ABC2

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

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