#B6AECE#B6AECE

#B6AECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.046 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6AECE
RGB	rgb(182, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(255, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 9.10, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 17.69, 300.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0207 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.046 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5658, 44.6733, 64.6028)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6AECE #C6CEAE

analogous

#AEB6CE #B6AECE #C6AECE

triadic

#B6AECE #CEB6AE #AECEB6

tetradic

#B6AECE #CEAEB6 #C6CEAE #AECEC6

square

#B6AECE #CEAEB6 #C6CEAE #AECEC6

split-complementary

#B6AECE #CEC6AE #B6CEAE

monochromatic

#7162A0 #9488B7 #B6AECE #D8D4E5 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B6AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#B6AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6AECE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6AECE	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.046 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc6dd',
    500: '#b6aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6aece;
$custom-light: #ccc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.04595,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6AECE

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A3428B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6AECE

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

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