#B2A8CA#B2A8CA

#B2A8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.049 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A8CA
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(258, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(258, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 10.25, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 19.00, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0237 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.049 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0213, 41.7344, 61.6547)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A8CA #C0CAA8

analogous

#A8AFCA #B2A8CA #C3A8CA

triadic

#B2A8CA #CAB2A8 #A8CAB2

tetradic

#B2A8CA #CAA8AF #C0CAA8 #A8CAC3

square

#B2A8CA #CAA8AF #C0CAA8 #A8CAC3

split-complementary

#B2A8CA #CAC3A8 #AFCAA8

monochromatic

#6F5E9A #9082B3 #B2A8CA #D4CEE1 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B2A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B2A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A8CA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A8CA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.049 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c1da',
    500: '#b2a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a8ca;
$custom-light: #c9c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75118,
    "c": 0.04938,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A8CA

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A34387

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A8CA

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

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