#B8AEC4#B8AEC4

#B8AEC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.033 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC4
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(267, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 7.73, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 12.55, 307.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0193 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.033 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8653, 44.4481, 58.4296)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC4 #BAC4AE

analogous

#AEAFC4 #B8AEC4 #C3AEC4

triadic

#B8AEC4 #C4B8AE #AEC4B8

tetradic

#B8AEC4 #C4AEAF #BAC4AE #AEC4C3

square

#B8AEC4 #C4AEAF #BAC4AE #AEC4C3

split-complementary

#B8AEC4 #C4C3AE #AFC4AE

monochromatic

#7A688F #998BAA #B8AEC4 #D7D1DE #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B8AEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC4

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC4	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.033 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d5',
    500: '#b8aec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec4;
$custom-light: #cdc6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76607,
    "c": 0.03283,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC4

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4C76

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC4

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

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