#B8A0CF#B8A0CF

#B8A0CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.071 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0CF
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 207)
HSL	hsl(271, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, 17.71, -20.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 27.26, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0438 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.071 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5984, 39.8372, 64.4119)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0CF #B7CFA0

analogous

#A1A0CF #B8A0CF #CFA0CF

triadic

#B8A0CF #CFB8A0 #A0CFB8

tetradic

#B8A0CF #CFA1A0 #B7CFA0 #A0CFCF

square

#B8A0CF #CFA1A0 #B7CFA0 #A0CFCF

split-complementary

#B8A0CF #CFCFA0 #A0CFA1

monochromatic

#7B52A2 #9A77BA #B8A0CF #D6C9E4 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8A0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B8A0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0CF

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0CF	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.071 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcdd',
    500: '#b8a0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0cf;
$custom-light: #cdbcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.638,
    "s": 32.867,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74263,
    "c": 0.0714,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#AC3A72

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0CF

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

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