#B8A2CA#B8A2CA

#B8A2CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.061 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2CA
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(273, 20%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 15.56, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 23.40, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0392 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.061 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3463, 40.2956, 61.3600)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2CA #B4CAA2

analogous

#A4A2CA #B8A2CA #CAA2C8

triadic

#B8A2CA #CAB8A2 #A2CAB8

tetradic

#B8A2CA #CAA4A2 #B4CAA2 #A2C8CA

square

#B8A2CA #CAA4A2 #B4CAA2 #A2C8CA

split-complementary

#B8A2CA #C8CAA2 #A2CAA4

monochromatic

#7C589A #9A7BB4 #B8A2CA #D6C9E0 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8A2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#B8A2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2CA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2CA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.061 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbdda',
    500: '#b8a2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2ca;
$custom-light: #cdbdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 27.397,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.06147,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2CA

secondary

#E3E9DF

accent

#A6406E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2CA

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

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