#B8ABC6#B8ABC6

#B8ABC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.041 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ABC6
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(269, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 9.77, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 15.51, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0245 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.041 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5213, 43.3935, 59.4455)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ABC6 #B9C6AB

analogous

#ABACC6 #B8ABC6 #C6ABC6

triadic

#B8ABC6 #C6B8AB #ABC6B8

tetradic

#B8ABC6 #C6ABAC #B9C6AB #ABC6C6

square

#B8ABC6 #C6ABAC #B9C6AB #ABC6C6

split-complementary

#B8ABC6 #C6C6AB #ACC6AB

monochromatic

#7A6493 #9987AD #B8ABC6 #D7CFDF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ABC6

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ABC6	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.041 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4d7',
    500: '#b8abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8abc6;
$custom-light: #cdc4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76078,
    "c": 0.04061,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ABC6

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4874

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ABC6

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

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