#B8A0CD#B8A0CD

#B8A0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.069 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0CD
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 17.29, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 26.23, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0432 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.069 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3555, 39.7400, 63.1323)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0CD #B5CDA0

analogous

#A2A0CD #B8A0CD #CDA0CC

triadic

#B8A0CD #CDB8A0 #A0CDB8

tetradic

#B8A0CD #CDA2A0 #B5CDA0 #A0CCCD

square

#B8A0CD #CDA2A0 #B5CDA0 #A0CCCD

split-complementary

#B8A0CD #CCCDA0 #A0CDA2

monochromatic

#7C549F #9A78B8 #B8A0CD #D6C8E2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B8A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B8A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0CD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0CD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.069 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcdc',
    500: '#b8a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0cd;
$custom-light: #cdbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74187,
    "c": 0.06881,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0CD

secondary

#E4EADF

accent

#AA3C6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0CD

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

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