#B2AEBE#B2AEBE

#B2AEBE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.023 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEBE
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(255, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 4.49, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 8.86, 300.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0106 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.023 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7887, 43.4547, 54.8386)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEBE #BABEAE

analogous

#AEB2BE #B2AEBE #BAAEBE

triadic

#B2AEBE #BEB2AE #AEBEB2

tetradic

#B2AEBE #BEAEB2 #BABEAE #AEBEBA

square

#B2AEBE #BEAEB2 #BABEAE #AEBEBA

split-complementary

#B2AEBE #BEBAAE #B2BEAE

monochromatic

#726C86 #928CA3 #B2AEBE #D2D0D9 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B2AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B2AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEBE

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEBE	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.023 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d1',
    500: '#b2aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aebe;
$custom-light: #c9c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7591,
    "c": 0.02301,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEBE

secondary

#E5E6E2

accent

#955084

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEBE

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

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