#B6A6BE#B6A6BE

#B6A6BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.038 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A6BE
RGB	rgb(182, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, 10.25, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 14.45, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0269 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.038 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.2204, 40.9355, 54.3823)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A6BE #AEBEA6

analogous

#AAA6BE #B6A6BE #BEA6BA

triadic

#B6A6BE #BEB6A6 #A6BEB6

tetradic

#B6A6BE #BEAAA6 #AEBEA6 #A6BABE

square

#B6A6BE #BEAAA6 #AEBEA6 #A6BABE

split-complementary

#B6A6BE #BABEA6 #A6BEAA

monochromatic

#7B6387 #9983A4 #B6A6BE #D3C9D8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B6A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#B6A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A6BE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A6BE	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.038 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc0d1',
    500: '#b6a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a6be;
$custom-light: #ccc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.03829,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A6BE

secondary

#DFE3DD

accent

#9A4C66

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A6BE

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

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