#B8AEC2#B8AEC2

#B8AEC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.030 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC2
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 7.33, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 11.52, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0186 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.03 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.6391, 44.3576, 57.2387)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC2 #B8C2AE

analogous

#AEAEC2 #B8AEC2 #C2AEC2

triadic

#B8AEC2 #C2B8AE #AEC2B8

tetradic

#B8AEC2 #C2AEAE #B8C2AE #AEC2C2

square

#B8AEC2 #C2AEAE #B8C2AE #AEC2C2

split-complementary

#B8AEC2 #C2C2AE #AEC2AE

monochromatic

#7B6A8C #998BA8 #B8AEC2 #D7D1DC #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#B8AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC2

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC2	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.030 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d4',
    500: '#b8aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec2;
$custom-light: #cdc6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7654,
    "c": 0.03019,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.44357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC2

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#984D73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC2

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

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