#B8AEC6#B8AEC6

#B8AEC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC6
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(265, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 8.13, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 13.60, 306.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.02 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0944, 44.5397, 59.6365)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC6 #BCC6AE

analogous

#AEB0C6 #B8AEC6 #C4AEC6

triadic

#B8AEC6 #C6B8AE #AEC6B8

tetradic

#B8AEC6 #C6AEB0 #BCC6AE #AEC6C4

square

#B8AEC6 #C6AEB0 #BCC6AE #AEC6C4

split-complementary

#B8AEC6 #C6C4AE #B0C6AE

monochromatic

#796793 #998AAD #B8AEC6 #D7D2DF #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B8AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC6

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC6	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d7',
    500: '#b8aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec6;
$custom-light: #cdc6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76675,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC6

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4A7A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC6

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

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