#B6AEC8#B6AEC8

#B6AEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.038 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AEC8
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 7.86, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 14.48, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0186 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.038 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8508, 44.3873, 60.8371)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AEC8 #C0C8AE

analogous

#AEB3C8 #B6AEC8 #C3AEC8

triadic

#B6AEC8 #C8B6AE #AEC8B6

tetradic

#B6AEC8 #C8AEB3 #C0C8AE #AEC8C3

square

#B6AEC8 #C8AEB3 #C0C8AE #AEC8C3

split-complementary

#B6AEC8 #C8C3AE #B3C8AE

monochromatic

#756696 #958AAF #B6AEC8 #D7D2E1 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B6AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B6AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AEC8

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AEC8	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.038 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc6d8',
    500: '#b6aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aec8;
$custom-light: #ccc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76577,
    "c": 0.03766,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AEC8

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4883

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AEC8

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

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