#B9ABC2#B9ABC2

#B9ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.036 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ABC2
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(277, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 9.31, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 13.59, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0242 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.036 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3065, 43.3354, 57.0589)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ABC2 #B4C2AB

analogous

#AEABC2 #B9ABC2 #C2ABC0

triadic

#B9ABC2 #C2B9AB #ABC2B9

tetradic

#B9ABC2 #C2AEAB #B4C2AB #ABC0C2

square

#B9ABC2 #C2AEAB #B4C2AB #ABC0C2

split-complementary

#B9ABC2 #C0C2AB #ABC2AE

monochromatic

#7D668D #9B88A8 #B9ABC2 #D7CEDC #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B9ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B9ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ABC2

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ABC2	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.036 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4d4',
    500: '#b9abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9abc2;
$custom-light: #cec4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.03587,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ABC2

secondary

#E4E7E1

accent

#9A4B6A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ABC2

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

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