#B8A1CA#B8A1CA

#B8A1CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.063 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A1CA
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 202)
HSL	hsl(274, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 20%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, 16.11, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 24.05, 312.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0407 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.063 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1709, 39.9447, 61.3015)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A1CA #B3CAA1

analogous

#A3A1CA #B8A1CA #CAA1C7

triadic

#B8A1CA #CAB8A1 #A1CAB8

tetradic

#B8A1CA #CAA3A1 #B3CAA1 #A1C7CA

square

#B8A1CA #CAA3A1 #B3CAA1 #A1C7CA

split-complementary

#B8A1CA #C7CAA1 #A1CAA3

monochromatic

#7C579A #9A7AB4 #B8A1CA #D6C8E0 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B8A1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B8A1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A1CA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A1CA	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.063 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbcda',
    500: '#b8a1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a1ca;
$custom-light: #cdbcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 27.891,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.06322,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A1CA

secondary

#E3E9DE

accent

#A73F6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A1CA

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

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