#B8AEC3#B8AEC3

#B8AEC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.032 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC3
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(269, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 7.53, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 12.03, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.019 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.032 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.7518, 44.4027, 57.8321)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC3 #B9C3AE

analogous

#AEAFC3 #B8AEC3 #C3AEC3

triadic

#B8AEC3 #C3B8AE #AEC3B8

tetradic

#B8AEC3 #C3AEAF #B9C3AE #AEC3C3

square

#B8AEC3 #C3AEAF #B9C3AE #AEC3C3

split-complementary

#B8AEC3 #C3C3AE #AFC3AE

monochromatic

#7A698E #998BA9 #B8AEC3 #D7D1DD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#B8AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC3

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC3	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.032 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d5',
    500: '#b8aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec3;
$custom-light: #cdc6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.0315,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.44403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC3

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994C75

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC3

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

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