#B8AAC0#B8AAC0

#B8AAC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAC0
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 192)
HSL	hsl(278, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 11.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 9.13, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 13.10, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0238 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6548, 42.7458, 55.8099)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAC0 #B2C0AA

analogous

#ADAAC0 #B8AAC0 #C0AABD

triadic

#B8AAC0 #C0B8AA #AAC0B8

tetradic

#B8AAC0 #C0ADAA #B2C0AA #AABDC0

square

#B8AAC0 #C0ADAA #B2C0AA #AABDC0

split-complementary

#B8AAC0 #BDC0AA #AAC0AD

monochromatic

#7D668A #9B87A6 #B8AAC0 #D5CDDA #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8AAC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B8AAC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAC0

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAC0	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aac0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d3',
    500: '#b8aac0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aac0;
$custom-light: #cdc3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aac0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 14.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75675,
    "c": 0.03465,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAC0

secondary

#E2E6E0

accent

#994C68

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAC0

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

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