#B8A0CA#B8A0CA

#B8A0CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.065 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0CA
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 16.67, -18.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 24.70, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0422 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.065 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9968, 39.5966, 61.2435)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0CA #B2CAA0

analogous

#A3A0CA #B8A0CA #CAA0C7

triadic

#B8A0CA #CAB8A0 #A0CAB8

tetradic

#B8A0CA #CAA3A0 #B2CAA0 #A0C7CA

square

#B8A0CA #CAA3A0 #B2CAA0 #A0C7CA

split-complementary

#B8A0CA #C7CAA0 #A0CAA3

monochromatic

#7D569A #9B79B4 #B8A0CA #D5C7E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B8A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0CA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0CA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.065 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcda',
    500: '#b8a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0ca;
$custom-light: #cdbcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 28.378,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.06498,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0CA

secondary

#E2E8DD

accent

#A73E6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0CA

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

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