#B8AEBF#B8AEBF

#B8AEBF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.026 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEBF
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(275, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 6.74, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 9.99, 312.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0175 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.026 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3056, 44.2242, 55.4821)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEBF #B5BFAE

analogous

#B0AEBF #B8AEBF #BFAEBE

triadic

#B8AEBF #BFB8AE #AEBFB8

tetradic

#B8AEBF #BFB0AE #B5BFAE #AEBEBF

square

#B8AEBF #BFB0AE #B5BFAE #AEBEBF

split-complementary

#B8AEBF #BEBFAE #AEBFB0

monochromatic

#7C6B88 #9A8CA4 #B8AEBF #D6D0DA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B8AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEBF

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEBF	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.026 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d2',
    500: '#b8aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aebf;
$custom-light: #cdc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76442,
    "c": 0.02632,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEBF

secondary

#E4E7E2

accent

#96506D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEBF

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

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