#B8AAC8#B8AAC8

#B8AAC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.045 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAC8
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 10.72, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 17.19, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0267 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.045 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5653, 43.1101, 60.6057)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAC8 #BAC8AA

analogous

#AAABC8 #B8AAC8 #C7AAC8

triadic

#B8AAC8 #C8B8AA #AAC8B8

tetradic

#B8AAC8 #C8AAAB #BAC8AA #AAC8C7

square

#B8AAC8 #C8AAAB #BAC8AA #AAC8C7

split-complementary

#B8AAC8 #C8C7AA #ABC8AA

monochromatic

#7A6196 #9985B0 #B8AAC8 #D7CFE0 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8AAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B8AAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAC8

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAC8	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.045 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3d8',
    500: '#b8aac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aac8;
$custom-light: #cdc3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75949,
    "c": 0.04496,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A04676

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAC8

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

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