#B2A8E3#B2A8E3

#B2A8E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.084 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A8E3
RGB	rgb(178, 168, 227)
HSL	hsl(250, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(250, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 26%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 15.76, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 32.46, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0316 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.084 292)
XYZ	xyz(46.2246, 43.0157, 78.5257)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A8E3 #D9E3A8

analogous

#A8BCE3 #B2A8E3 #CFA8E3

triadic

#B2A8E3 #E3B2A8 #A8E3B2

tetradic

#B2A8E3 #E3A8BC #D9E3A8 #A8E3CF

square

#B2A8E3 #E3A8BC #D9E3A8 #A8E3CF

split-complementary

#B2A8E3 #E3CFA8 #BCE3A8

monochromatic

#604BC5 #897AD4 #B2A8E3 #DBD6F2 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B2A8E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#B2A8E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A8E3

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A8E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A8E3	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a8e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 168, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.084 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1ec',
    500: '#b2a8e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a8e3;
$custom-light: #cac1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a8e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76089,
    "c": 0.08421,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.43016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A8E3

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#BF27A5

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A8E3

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

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