#B8ACED#B8ACED

#B8ACED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.092 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ACED
RGB	rgb(184, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 17.66, -30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 35.61, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0355 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.092 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8022, 45.8092, 86.3226)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ACED #E1EDAC

analogous

#ACC0ED #B8ACED #D8ACED

triadic

#B8ACED #EDB8AC #ACEDB8

tetradic

#B8ACED #EDACC0 #E1EDAC #ACEDD8

square

#B8ACED #EDACC0 #E1EDAC #ACEDD8

split-complementary

#B8ACED #EDD8AC #C0EDAC

monochromatic

#6247D7 #8D7AE2 #B8ACED #E3DEF8 #E9E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B8ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#B8ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ACED

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ACED	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.092 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4f3',
    500: '#b8aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aced;
$custom-light: #cec4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77763,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ACED

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CC19AB

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ACED

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

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