#B5ACD8#B5ACD8

#B5ACD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.063 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ACD8
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(252, 36%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 12.01, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 24.23, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0258 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.063 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2006, 44.2864, 71.0665)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ACD8 #CFD8AC

analogous

#ACB9D8 #B5ACD8 #CBACD8

triadic

#B5ACD8 #D8B5AC #ACD8B5

tetradic

#B5ACD8 #D8ACB9 #CFD8AC #ACD8CB

square

#B5ACD8 #D8ACB9 #CFD8AC #ACD8CB

split-complementary

#B5ACD8 #D8CBAC #B9D8AC

monochromatic

#6B59B1 #9082C4 #B5ACD8 #DAD6EC #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B5ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ACD8

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ACD8	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.063 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc4e4',
    500: '#b5acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5acd8;
$custom-light: #cbc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76678,
    "c": 0.0629,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ACD8

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3796

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ACD8

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

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