#B8AEC0#B8AEC0

#B8AEC0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.028 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC0
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 6.94, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 10.49, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0179 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.028 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4160, 44.2684, 56.0637)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC0 #B6C0AE

analogous

#AFAEC0 #B8AEC0 #C0AEBF

triadic

#B8AEC0 #C0B8AE #AEC0B8

tetradic

#B8AEC0 #C0AFAE #B6C0AE #AEBFC0

square

#B8AEC0 #C0AFAE #B6C0AE #AEBFC0

split-complementary

#B8AEC0 #BFC0AE #AEC0AF

monochromatic

#7B6B89 #9A8CA5 #B8AEC0 #D6D0DB #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B8AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC0

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC0	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.028 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d3',
    500: '#b8aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec0;
$custom-light: #cdc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76474,
    "c": 0.0276,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC0

secondary

#E5E7E3

accent

#974F6F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC0

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

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