#B8ACC4#B8ACC4

#B8ACC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.036 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACC4
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(270, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 8.82, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 13.83, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0223 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.036 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4818, 43.6811, 58.3018)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACC4 #B8C4AC

analogous

#ACACC4 #B8ACC4 #C4ACC4

triadic

#B8ACC4 #C4B8AC #ACC4B8

tetradic

#B8ACC4 #C4ACAC #B8C4AC #ACC4C4

square

#B8ACC4 #C4ACAC #B8C4AC #ACC4C4

split-complementary

#B8ACC4 #C4C4AC #ACC4AC

monochromatic

#7B6690 #9988AB #B8ACC4 #D7D0DD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8ACC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B8ACC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACC4

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACC4	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8acc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.036 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4d5',
    500: '#b8acc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8acc4;
$custom-light: #cdc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8acc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 16.901,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.03626,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACC4

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9B4A73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACC4

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

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