#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
RGBrgb(181, 172, 216)
HSLhsl(252, 36%, 76%)
HSVhsv(252, 20%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(16.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(72.42, 12.01, -21.04)
CIE-LCHlch(72.42, 24.23, 299.73°)
OKLaboklab(76.68% 0.0258 -0.0573)
OKLCHoklch(76.68% 0.063 294.2)
XYZxyz(46.2006, 44.2864, 71.0665)
Luminance0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##B5ACD81.002.139.869.86
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8621.001.001.00
##0000009.8621.001.001.00

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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#B5ACD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva