#B2AEC6#B2AEC6

#B2AEC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.034 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2AEC6
RGB	rgb(178, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(250, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 6.11, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 13.18, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0135 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.034 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6872, 43.8141, 59.5705)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2AEC6 #C2C6AE

analogous

#AEB6C6 #B2AEC6 #BEAEC6

triadic

#B2AEC6 #C6B2AE #AEC6B2

tetradic

#B2AEC6 #C6AEB6 #C2C6AE #AEC6BE

square

#B2AEC6 #C6AEB6 #C2C6AE #AEC6BE

split-complementary

#B2AEC6 #C6BEAE #B6C6AE

monochromatic

#6E6793 #908AAD #B2AEC6 #D4D2DF #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B2AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B2AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2AEC6

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2AEC6	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B0C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.034 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c6d7',
    500: '#b2aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2aec6;
$custom-light: #c9c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.03422,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2AEC6

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C4A8E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2AEC6

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

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