#B9ACE7#B9ACE7

#B9ACE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.084 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ACE7
RGB	rgb(185, 172, 231)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, 16.59, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 32.45, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0348 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.084 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1807, 45.5884, 81.7942)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ACE7 #DAE7AC

analogous

#ACBDE7 #B9ACE7 #D7ACE7

triadic

#B9ACE7 #E7B9AC #ACE7B9

tetradic

#B9ACE7 #E7ACBD #DAE7AC #ACE7D7

square

#B9ACE7 #E7ACBD #DAE7AC #ACE7D7

split-complementary

#B9ACE7 #E7D7AC #BDE7AC

monochromatic

#694DCC #917DD9 #B9ACE7 #E1DBF5 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B9ACE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#B9ACE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ACE7

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ACE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ACE7	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ace7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 172, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.084 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4ee',
    500: '#b9ace7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ace7;
$custom-light: #cec4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ace7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.08412,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ACE7

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C3239F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ACE7

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

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