#B6A8BE#B6A8BE

#B6A8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6A8BE
RGB	rgb(182, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 9.15, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 13.13, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0239 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5868, 41.6683, 54.5045)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6A8BE #B0BEA8

analogous

#ABA8BE #B6A8BE #BEA8BB

triadic

#B6A8BE #BEB6A8 #A8BEB6

tetradic

#B6A8BE #BEABA8 #B0BEA8 #A8BBBE

square

#B6A8BE #BEABA8 #B0BEA8 #A8BBBE

split-complementary

#B6A8BE #BBBEA8 #A8BEAB

monochromatic

#7A6587 #9985A4 #B6A8BE #D3CBD8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B6A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B6A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6A8BE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6A8BE	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc1d1',
    500: '#b6a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6a8be;
$custom-light: #ccc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75037,
    "c": 0.03472,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6A8BE

secondary

#E0E4DE

accent

#994D68

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6A8BE

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

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