#B5AEBE#B5AEBE

#B5AEBE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.024 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AEBE
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(266, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(266, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 5.52, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 9.11, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0138 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.024 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4847, 43.8136, 54.8712)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AEBE #B7BEAE

analogous

#AEAFBE #B5AEBE #BDAEBE

triadic

#B5AEBE #BEB5AE #AEBEB5

tetradic

#B5AEBE #BEAEAF #B7BEAE #AEBEBD

square

#B5AEBE #BEAEAF #B7BEAE #AEBEBD

split-complementary

#B5AEBE #BEBDAE #AFBEAE

monochromatic

#776C86 #968CA3 #B5AEBE #D4D0D9 #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#B5AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AEBE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AEBE	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)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.024 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6d1',
    500: '#b5aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aebe;
$custom-light: #cbc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76158,
    "c": 0.02381,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AEBE

secondary

#E4E6E2

accent

#955077

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AEBE

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

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