#B8A2E7#B8A2E7

#B8A2E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.100 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A2E7
RGB	rgb(184, 162, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 29.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 21.84, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 38.59, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0479 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.1 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1081, 41.8003, 81.1723)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A2E7 #D1E7A2

analogous

#A2AFE7 #B8A2E7 #DAA2E7

triadic

#B8A2E7 #E7B8A2 #A2E7B8

tetradic

#B8A2E7 #E7A2AF #D1E7A2 #A2E7DA

square

#B8A2E7 #E7A2AF #D1E7A2 #A2E7DA

split-complementary

#B8A2E7 #E7DAA2 #AFE7A2

monochromatic

#6E41CE #9371DA #B8A2E7 #DDD3F4 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B8A2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A2E7

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A2E7	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92ADEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 162, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.100 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebdef',
    500: '#b8a2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a2e7;
$custom-light: #cebdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75618,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A2E7

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C71F91

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A2E7

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

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