#B8AECA#B8AECA

#B8AECA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.041 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AECA
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 8.94, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 15.70, 304.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0215 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.041 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5619, 44.7267, 62.0985)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AECA #C0CAAE

analogous

#AEB2CA #B8AECA #C6AECA

triadic

#B8AECA #CAB8AE #AECAB8

tetradic

#B8AECA #CAAEB2 #C0CAAE #AECAC6

square

#B8AECA #CAAEB2 #C0CAAE #AECAC6

split-complementary

#B8AECA #CAC6AE #B2CAAE

monochromatic

#776499 #9889B2 #B8AECA #D8D3E2 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8AECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B8AECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AECA

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AECA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.041 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6da',
    500: '#b8aeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aeca;
$custom-light: #cdc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76812,
    "c": 0.04088,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AECA

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F467F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AECA

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

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