#B9AFBC#B9AFBC

#B9AFBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.021 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AFBC
RGB	rgb(185, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, 5.97, -5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 8.01, 318.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.016 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.021 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4132, 44.6053, 53.8371)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AFBC #B2BCAF

analogous

#B2AFBC #B9AFBC #BCAFB8

triadic

#B9AFBC #BCB9AF #AFBCB9

tetradic

#B9AFBC #BCB2AF #B2BCAF #AFB8BC

square

#B9AFBC #BCB2AF #B2BCAF #AFB8BC

split-complementary

#B9AFBC #B8BCAF #AFBCB2

monochromatic

#7E6E83 #9C8EA0 #B9AFBC #D6D0D8 #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B9AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#B9AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AFBC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AFBC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.021 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6d0',
    500: '#b9afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9afbc;
$custom-light: #cec6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76631,
    "c": 0.02137,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AFBC

secondary

#E2E5E2

accent

#935361

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AFBC

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

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