#B8AAC6#B8AAC6

#B8AAC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.042 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAC6
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 198)
HSL	hsl(270, 20%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 10.32, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 16.15, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.026 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.042 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3331, 43.0172, 59.3827)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAC6 #B8C6AA

analogous

#AAAAC6 #B8AAC6 #C6AAC6

triadic

#B8AAC6 #C6B8AA #AAC6B8

tetradic

#B8AAC6 #C6AAAA #B8C6AA #AAC6C6

square

#B8AAC6 #C6AAAA #B8C6AA #AAC6C6

split-complementary

#B8AAC6 #C6C6AA #AAC6AA

monochromatic

#7B6393 #9985AD #B8AAC6 #D7CFDF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8AAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B8AAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAC6

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAC6	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AFC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.042 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d7',
    500: '#b8aac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aac6;
$custom-light: #cdc3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 19.718,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7588,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAC6

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E4773

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAC6

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

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