#B5AECC#B5AECC

#B5AECC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.043 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AECC
RGB	rgb(181, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(254, 23%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(254, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 8.35, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 16.56, 300.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0189 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.043 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0890, 44.4553, 63.3203)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AECC #C5CCAE

analogous

#AEB6CC #B5AECC #C4AECC

triadic

#B5AECC #CCB5AE #AECCB5

tetradic

#B5AECC #CCAEB6 #C5CCAE #AECCC4

square

#B5AECC #CCAEB6 #C5CCAE #AECCC4

split-complementary

#B5AECC #CCC4AE #B6CCAE

monochromatic

#70639D #9388B4 #B5AECC #D7D4E4 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B5AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B5AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AECC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AECC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.043 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6db',
    500: '#b5aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aecc;
$custom-light: #cbc6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.04301,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AECC

secondary

#E8EAE1

accent

#A1448C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AECC

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

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