#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
RGBrgb(185, 172, 231)
HSLhsl(253, 55%, 79%)
HSVhsv(253, 26%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(19.9%, 25.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(73.28, 16.59, -27.88)
CIE-LCHlch(73.28, 32.45, 300.76°)
OKLaboklab(77.6% 0.0348 -0.0766)
OKLCHoklch(77.6% 0.084 294.5)
XYZxyz(49.1807, 45.5884, 81.7942)
Luminance0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##B9ACE71.002.0810.1210.12
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1221.001.001.00
##00000010.1221.001.001.00

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

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#B9ACE7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva