#B8AEC1#B8AEC1

#B8AEC1 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.029 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC1
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 193)
HSL	hsl(272, 13%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 7.13, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 11.01, 310.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0182 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.029 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5272, 44.3128, 56.6492)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC1 #B7C1AE

analogous

#AFAEC1 #B8AEC1 #C1AEC1

triadic

#B8AEC1 #C1B8AE #AEC1B8

tetradic

#B8AEC1 #C1AFAE #B7C1AE #AEC1C1

square

#B8AEC1 #C1AFAE #B7C1AE #AEC1C1

split-complementary

#B8AEC1 #C1C1AE #AEC1AF

monochromatic

#7B6A8B #9A8BA6 #B8AEC1 #D6D1DC #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8AEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#B8AEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC1

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC1	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.029 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d3',
    500: '#b8aec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec1;
$custom-light: #cdc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 13.287,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76507,
    "c": 0.02889,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC1

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#974E71

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC1

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

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