#B8A2DD#B8A2DD

#B8A2DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.086 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2DD
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 27%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 19.61, -26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 33.30, 306.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0451 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.086 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7360, 41.2514, 73.9454)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2DD #C7DDA2

analogous

#A2A9DD #B8A2DD #D6A2DD

triadic

#B8A2DD #DDB8A2 #A2DDB8

tetradic

#B8A2DD #DDA2A9 #C7DDA2 #A2DDD6

square

#B8A2DD #DDA2A9 #C7DDA2 #A2DDD6

split-complementary

#B8A2DD #DDD6A2 #A9DDA2

monochromatic

#7448BC #9675CD #B8A2DD #DACFED #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B8A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#B8A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2DD

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2DD	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ACDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.086 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebde7',
    500: '#b8a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2dd;
$custom-light: #cebde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75199,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2DD

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BA2C85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2DD

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

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