#B8AECD#B8AECD

#B8AECD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.045 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AECD
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(259, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(259, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 9.55, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 17.29, 303.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0225 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.045 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9205, 44.8702, 63.9874)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AECD #C3CDAE

analogous

#AEB4CD #B8AECD #C8AECD

triadic

#B8AECD #CDB8AE #AECDB8

tetradic

#B8AECD #CDAEB4 #C3CDAE #AECDC8

square

#B8AECD #CDAEB4 #C3CDAE #AECDC8

split-complementary

#B8AECD #CDC8AE #B4CDAE

monochromatic

#76629E #9788B6 #B8AECD #D9D4E4 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#B8AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AECD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AECD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.045 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc6dc',
    500: '#b8aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aecd;
$custom-light: #cdc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.04496,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AECD

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A24384

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AECD

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

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