#B8A2E2#B8A2E2

#B8A2E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.093 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2E2
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 20.71, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 35.94, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0465 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.093 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4120, 41.5219, 77.5062)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2E2 #CCE2A2

analogous

#A2ACE2 #B8A2E2 #D8A2E2

triadic

#B8A2E2 #E2B8A2 #A2E2B8

tetradic

#B8A2E2 #E2A2AC #CCE2A2 #A2E2D8

square

#B8A2E2 #E2A2AC #CCE2A2 #A2E2D8

split-complementary

#B8A2E2 #E2D8A2 #ACE2A2

monochromatic

#7145C5 #9473D3 #B8A2E2 #DCD1F1 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B8A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2E2

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2E2	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ACE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.093 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebdeb',
    500: '#b8a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2e2;
$custom-light: #cebdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75406,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2E2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C0268B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2E2

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

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