#B2AEC2#B2AEC2

#B2AEC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.029 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEC2
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(252, 14%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(252, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 5.29, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 11.01, 298.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.012 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.029 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2319, 43.6320, 57.1727)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEC2 #BEC2AE

analogous

#AEB4C2 #B2AEC2 #BCAEC2

triadic

#B2AEC2 #C2B2AE #AEC2B2

tetradic

#B2AEC2 #C2AEB4 #BEC2AE #AEC2BC

square

#B2AEC2 #C2AEB4 #BEC2AE #AEC2BC

split-complementary

#B2AEC2 #C2BCAE #B4C2AE

monochromatic

#706A8C #918BA8 #B2AEC2 #D3D1DC #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B2AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B2AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEC2

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEC2	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.029 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d4',
    500: '#b2aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aec2;
$custom-light: #c9c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.02859,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEC2

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984D89

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEC2

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

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