#B8AAC2#B8AAC2

#B8AAC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.037 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAC2
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 194)
HSL	hsl(275, 16%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(275, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 12.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 9.52, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 14.11, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0246 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.037 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8779, 42.8351, 56.9849)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAC2 #B4C2AA

analogous

#ACAAC2 #B8AAC2 #C2AAC0

triadic

#B8AAC2 #C2B8AA #AAC2B8

tetradic

#B8AAC2 #C2ACAA #B4C2AA #AAC0C2

square

#B8AAC2 #C2ACAA #B4C2AA #AAC0C2

split-complementary

#B8AAC2 #C0C2AA #AAC2AC

monochromatic

#7C658D #9A86A8 #B8AAC2 #D6CEDC #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8AAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#B8AAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAC2

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAC2	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.037 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d4',
    500: '#b8aac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aac2;
$custom-light: #cdc3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 16.438,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75742,
    "c": 0.03717,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAC2

secondary

#E3E7E1

accent

#9B4B6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAC2

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

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