#B8AECB#B8AECB

#B8AECB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.042 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AECB
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(261, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 9.14, -13.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 16.23, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0218 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.042 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6807, 44.7742, 62.7241)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AECB #C1CBAE

analogous

#AEB3CB #B8AECB #C7AECB

triadic

#B8AECB #CBB8AE #AECBB8

tetradic

#B8AECB #CBAEB3 #C1CBAE #AECBC7

square

#B8AECB #CBAEB3 #C1CBAE #AECBC7

split-complementary

#B8AECB #CBC7AE #B3CBAE

monochromatic

#77649B #9789B3 #B8AECB #D9D3E3 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#B8AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AECB

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AECB	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)

#A9B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.042 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6da',
    500: '#b8aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aecb;
$custom-light: #cdc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76847,
    "c": 0.04224,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AECB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04581

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AECB

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

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