#B9AFBB#B9AFBB

#B9AFBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.020 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AFBB
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(290, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(290, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 5.78, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 7.53, 320.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0156 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.02 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3058, 44.5623, 53.2714)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AFBB #B1BBAF

analogous

#B3AFBB #B9AFBB #BBAFB7

triadic

#B9AFBB #BBB9AF #AFBBB9

tetradic

#B9AFBB #BBB3AF #B1BBAF #AFB7BB

square

#B9AFBB #BBB3AF #B1BBAF #AFB7BB

split-complementary

#B9AFBB #B7BBAF #AFBBB3

monochromatic

#7E6E82 #9C8E9F #B9AFBB #D6D0D7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B9AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AFBB

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AFBB	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.020 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6cf',
    500: '#b9afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9afbb;
$custom-light: #cec6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76599,
    "c": 0.02019,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AFBB

secondary

#E2E4E1

accent

#92535E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AFBB

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

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