#B2A8DB#B2A8DB

#B2A8DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.073 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A8DB
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(252, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 13.95, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 28.15, 299.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0292 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.073 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1461, 42.5843, 72.8452)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A8DB #D1DBA8

analogous

#A8B7DB #B2A8DB #CBA8DB

triadic

#B2A8DB #DBB2A8 #A8DBB2

tetradic

#B2A8DB #DBA8B7 #D1DBA8 #A8DBCB

square

#B2A8DB #DBA8B7 #D1DBA8 #A8DBCB

split-complementary

#B2A8DB #DBCBA8 #B7DBA8

monochromatic

#6551B7 #8C7DC9 #B2A8DB #D8D3ED #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B2A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B2A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A8DB

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A8DB	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.073 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c1e6',
    500: '#b2a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a8db;
$custom-light: #c9c1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.765,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.07305,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A8DB

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B5319B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A8DB

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

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