#B8AEC8#B8AEC8

#B8AEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.038 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEC8
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(263, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 8.53, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 14.64, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0208 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.038 303)
XYZ	xyz(45.3266, 44.6326, 60.8594)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEC8 #BEC8AE

analogous

#AEB1C8 #B8AEC8 #C5AEC8

triadic

#B8AEC8 #C8B8AE #AEC8B8

tetradic

#B8AEC8 #C8AEB1 #BEC8AE #AEC8C5

square

#B8AEC8 #C8AEB1 #BEC8AE #AEC8C5

split-complementary

#B8AEC8 #C8C5AE #B1C8AE

monochromatic

#786696 #988AAF #B8AEC8 #D8D2E1 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#B8AEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEC8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEC8	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.038 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6d8',
    500: '#b8aec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aec8;
$custom-light: #cdc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76743,
    "c": 0.03817,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.44633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D487D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEC8

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

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