#B8AACE#B8AACE

#B8AACE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.053 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AACE
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(263, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 11.96, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 20.33, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0287 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.053 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2804, 43.3961, 64.3714)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AACE #C0CEAA

analogous

#AAAECE #B8AACE #CAAACE

triadic

#B8AACE #CEB8AA #AACEB8

tetradic

#B8AACE #CEAAAE #C0CEAA #AACECA

square

#B8AACE #CEAAAE #C0CEAA #AACECA

split-complementary

#B8AACE #CECAAA #AECEAA

monochromatic

#775DA1 #9883B8 #B8AACE #D8D1E4 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AACE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AACE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.053 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3dd',
    500: '#b8aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aace;
$custom-light: #cdc3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 26.866,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76164,
    "c": 0.05297,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AACE

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A5407E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AACE

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

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