#B2AEBD#B2AEBD

#B2AEBD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.022 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEBD
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 4.29, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 8.32, 301.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0102 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.022 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6798, 43.4112, 54.2650)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEBD #B9BDAE

analogous

#AEB1BD #B2AEBD #B9AEBD

triadic

#B2AEBD #BDB2AE #AEBDB2

tetradic

#B2AEBD #BDAEB1 #B9BDAE #AEBDB9

square

#B2AEBD #BDAEB1 #B9BDAE #AEBDB9

split-complementary

#B2AEBD #BDB9AE #B1BDAE

monochromatic

#736C85 #928CA2 #B2AEBD #D2D0D8 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B2AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B2AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEBD

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEBD	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)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.022 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d0',
    500: '#b2aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aebd;
$custom-light: #c9c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75878,
    "c": 0.02162,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEBD

secondary

#E4E5E1

accent

#945182

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEBD

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

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