#B8A1CD#B8A1CD

#B8A1CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.067 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A1CD
RGB	rgb(184, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 16.73, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 25.59, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0417 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.067 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5295, 40.0881, 63.1904)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A1CD #B6CDA1

analogous

#A2A1CD #B8A1CD #CDA1CC

triadic

#B8A1CD #CDB8A1 #A1CDB8

tetradic

#B8A1CD #CDA2A1 #B6CDA1 #A1CCCD

square

#B8A1CD #CDA2A1 #B6CDA1 #A1CCCD

split-complementary

#B8A1CD #CCCDA1 #A1CDA2

monochromatic

#7B559F #9A79B8 #B8A1CD #D6C9E2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B8A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B8A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A1CD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A1CD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.067 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbddc',
    500: '#b8a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a1cd;
$custom-light: #cdbddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74378,
    "c": 0.06708,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A1CD

secondary

#E5EADF

accent

#A93C70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A1CD

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

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