#B6AECA#B6AECA

#B6AECA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.040 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AECA
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(257, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 8.27, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 15.55, 302.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0193 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.04 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0861, 44.4814, 62.0762)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AECA #C2CAAE

analogous

#AEB4CA #B6AECA #C4AECA

triadic

#B6AECA #CAB6AE #AECAB6

tetradic

#B6AECA #CAAEB4 #C2CAAE #AECAC4

square

#B6AECA #CAAEB4 #C2CAAE #AECAC4

split-complementary

#B6AECA #CAC4AE #B4CAAE

monochromatic

#736499 #9589B2 #B6AECA #D7D3E2 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B6AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B6AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AECA

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AECA	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.040 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc6da',
    500: '#b6aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aeca;
$custom-light: #ccc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76646,
    "c": 0.04042,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AECA

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4686

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AECA

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

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