#B8A0DB#B8A0DB

#B8A0DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.087 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A0DB
RGB	rgb(184, 160, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 26.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 20.28, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 33.52, 307.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0474 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.087 303)
XYZ	xyz(45.1216, 40.4465, 72.4339)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A0DB #C3DBA0

analogous

#A0A6DB #B8A0DB #D6A0DB

triadic

#B8A0DB #DBB8A0 #A0DBB8

tetradic

#B8A0DB #DBA0A6 #C3DBA0 #A0DBD6

square

#B8A0DB #DBA0A6 #C3DBA0 #A0DBD6

split-complementary

#B8A0DB #DBD6A0 #A6DBA0

monochromatic

#7647B9 #9774CA #B8A0DB #D9CCEC #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B8A0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A0DB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A0DB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 160, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.087 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebce6',
    500: '#b8a0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a0db;
$custom-light: #cebce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.407,
    "s": 45.038,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7474,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.40446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A0DB

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B82D80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A0DB

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

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