#B8AEC7#B8AEC7

#B8AEC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.037 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC7
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(264, 18%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(264, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 8.33, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 14.12, 306.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0204 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.037 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2101, 44.5860, 60.2460)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC7 #BDC7AE

analogous

#AEB0C7 #B8AEC7 #C4AEC7

triadic

#B8AEC7 #C7B8AE #AEC7B8

tetradic

#B8AEC7 #C7AEB0 #BDC7AE #AEC7C4

square

#B8AEC7 #C7AEB0 #BDC7AE #AEC7C4

split-complementary

#B8AEC7 #C7C4AE #B0C7AE

monochromatic

#796694 #988AAE #B8AEC7 #D8D2E0 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#B8AEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC7

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC7	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.037 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d8',
    500: '#b8aec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec7;
$custom-light: #cdc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 18.248,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76709,
    "c": 0.03682,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC7

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D497B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC7

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

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