#B9ACBB#B9ACBB

#B9ACBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.026 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ACBB
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(292, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 7.41, -5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 9.52, 321.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0201 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.026 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7284, 43.4075, 53.0789)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ACBB #AEBBAC

analogous

#B1ACBB #B9ACBB #BBACB5

triadic

#B9ACBB #BBB9AC #ACBBB9

tetradic

#B9ACBB #BBB1AC #AEBBAC #ACB5BB

square

#B9ACBB #BBB1AC #AEBBAC #ACB5BB

split-complementary

#B9ACBB #B5BBAC #ACBBB1

monochromatic

#7F6B82 #9D8A9F #B9ACBB #D5CED7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B9ACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B9ACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ACBB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ACBB	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)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9acbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.026 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4cf',
    500: '#b9acbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9acbb;
$custom-light: #cec4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9acbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.0256,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ACBB

secondary

#E0E3DF

accent

#94525A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ACBB

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

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