#B8A2CD#B8A2CD

#B8A2CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.065 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2CD
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 16.18, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 24.94, 310.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0402 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.065 308)
XYZ	xyz(43.7050, 40.4390, 63.2488)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2CD #B7CDA2

analogous

#A3A2CD #B8A2CD #CDA2CD

triadic

#B8A2CD #CDB8A2 #A2CDB8

tetradic

#B8A2CD #CDA3A2 #B7CDA2 #A2CDCD

square

#B8A2CD #CDA3A2 #B7CDA2 #A2CDCD

split-complementary

#B8A2CD #CDCDA2 #A2CDA3

monochromatic

#7B569F #9A7AB8 #B8A2CD #D6CAE2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B8A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2CD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2CD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.065 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbddc',
    500: '#b8a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2cd;
$custom-light: #cdbddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 30.07,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74571,
    "c": 0.06533,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2CD

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A93D71

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2CD

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

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