#B8A2CB#B8A2CB

#B8A2CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.063 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2CB
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 15.76, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 23.91, 311.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0396 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.063 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4651, 40.3431, 61.9855)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2CB #B5CBA2

analogous

#A4A2CB #B8A2CB #CBA2CA

triadic

#B8A2CB #CBB8A2 #A2CBB8

tetradic

#B8A2CB #CBA4A2 #B5CBA2 #A2CACB

square

#B8A2CB #CBA4A2 #B5CBA2 #A2CACB

split-complementary

#B8A2CB #CACBA2 #A2CBA4

monochromatic

#7C579C #9A7BB5 #B8A2CB #D6C9E1 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B8A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B8A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2CB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2CB	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.063 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbddb',
    500: '#b8a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2cb;
$custom-light: #cdbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 28.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74496,
    "c": 0.06276,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2CB

secondary

#E4EADF

accent

#A73F6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2CB

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

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