#B8A2CC#B8A2CC

#B8A2CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.064 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2CC
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 15.97, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 24.42, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0399 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.064 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5846, 40.3909, 62.6152)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2CC #B6CCA2

analogous

#A3A2CC #B8A2CC #CCA2CB

triadic

#B8A2CC #CCB8A2 #A2CCB8

tetradic

#B8A2CC #CCA3A2 #B6CCA2 #A2CBCC

square

#B8A2CC #CCA3A2 #B6CCA2 #A2CBCC

split-complementary

#B8A2CC #CBCCA2 #A2CCA3

monochromatic

#7B569D #9A7AB6 #B8A2CC #D6CAE2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B8A2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2CC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2CC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.064 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbddb',
    500: '#b8a2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2cc;
$custom-light: #cdbddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74533,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2CC

secondary

#E5EAE0

accent

#A83E70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2CC

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

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