#B8A2CE#B8A2CE

#B8A2CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.067 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2CE
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(270, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 16.39, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 25.45, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0405 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.067 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8261, 40.4875, 63.8866)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2CE #B8CEA2

analogous

#A2A2CE #B8A2CE #CEA2CE

triadic

#B8A2CE #CEB8A2 #A2CEB8

tetradic

#B8A2CE #CEA2A2 #B8CEA2 #A2CECE

square

#B8A2CE #CEA2A2 #B8CEA2 #A2CECE

split-complementary

#B8A2CE #CECEA2 #A2CEA2

monochromatic

#7B55A1 #997AB9 #B8A2CE #D7CAE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B8A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B8A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2CE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2CE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.067 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbddd',
    500: '#b8a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2ce;
$custom-light: #cdbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 30.986,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74608,
    "c": 0.06664,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2CE

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#AA3C73

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2CE

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

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