#B8AACC#B8AACC

#B8AACC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.050 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AACC
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(265, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 11.54, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 19.28, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0281 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.05 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0389, 43.2995, 63.0999)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AACC #BECCAA

analogous

#AAADCC #B8AACC #C9AACC

triadic

#B8AACC #CCB8AA #AACCB8

tetradic

#B8AACC #CCAAAD #BECCAA #AACCC9

square

#B8AACC #CCAAAD #BECCAA #AACCC9

split-complementary

#B8AACC #CCC9AA #ADCCAA

monochromatic

#785E9D #9884B5 #B8AACC #D8D0E3 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B8AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AACC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AACC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.050 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3db',
    500: '#b8aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aacc;
$custom-light: #cdc3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76091,
    "c": 0.05029,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AACC

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A4427B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AACC

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

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