#B6ABC2#B6ABC2

#B6ABC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.035 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6ABC2
RGB	rgb(182, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(269, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 8.29, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 13.22, 308.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0209 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.035 307)
XYZ	xyz(43.5902, 42.9661, 57.0253)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6ABC2 #B7C2AB

analogous

#ABACC2 #B6ABC2 #C2ABC2

triadic

#B6ABC2 #C2B6AB #ABC2B6

tetradic

#B6ABC2 #C2ABAC #B7C2AB #ABC2C2

square

#B6ABC2 #C2ABAC #B7C2AB #ABC2C2

split-complementary

#B6ABC2 #C2C2AB #ACC2AB

monochromatic

#78668D #9788A8 #B6ABC2 #D5CEDC #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B6ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B6ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6ABC2

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6ABC2	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.035 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc4d4',
    500: '#b6abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6abc2;
$custom-light: #ccc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75771,
    "c": 0.03461,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.42966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6ABC2

secondary

#E5E7E1

accent

#9A4B74

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6ABC2

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

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