#B8AEC5#B8AEC5

#B8AEC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.034 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC5
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 197)
HSL	hsl(266, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 7.93, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 13.07, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0197 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.034 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9795, 44.4937, 59.0310)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC5 #BBC5AE

analogous

#AEAFC5 #B8AEC5 #C3AEC5

triadic

#B8AEC5 #C5B8AE #AEC5B8

tetradic

#B8AEC5 #C5AEAF #BBC5AE #AEC5C3

square

#B8AEC5 #C5AEAF #BBC5AE #AEC5C3

split-complementary

#B8AEC5 #C5C3AE #AFC5AE

monochromatic

#7A6891 #998AAB #B8AEC5 #D7D2DF #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B8AEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC5

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC5	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.034 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d6',
    500: '#b8aec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec5;
$custom-light: #cdc6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 16.547,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76641,
    "c": 0.03415,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC5

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B78

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC5

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

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