#B8ACC8#B8ACC8

#B8ACC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.042 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACC8
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 9.63, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 15.91, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0237 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.042 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9431, 43.8656, 60.7316)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACC8 #BCC8AC

analogous

#ACAEC8 #B8ACC8 #C6ACC8

triadic

#B8ACC8 #C8B8AC #ACC8B8

tetradic

#B8ACC8 #C8ACAE #BCC8AC #ACC8C6

square

#B8ACC8 #C8ACAE #BCC8AC #ACC8C6

split-complementary

#B8ACC8 #C8C6AC #AEC8AC

monochromatic

#796396 #9987B0 #B8ACC8 #D7D1E0 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8ACC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#B8ACC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACC8

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACC8	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8acc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.042 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4d8',
    500: '#b8acc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8acc8;
$custom-light: #cdc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8acc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76345,
    "c": 0.04155,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F4779

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACC8

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

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