#B8A3CA#B8A3CA

#B8A3CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.060 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3CA
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(272, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 15.00, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 22.75, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0378 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.06 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5232, 40.6493, 61.4189)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3CA #B5CAA3

analogous

#A5A3CA #B8A3CA #CAA3C9

triadic

#B8A3CA #CAB8A3 #A3CAB8

tetradic

#B8A3CA #CAA5A3 #B5CAA3 #A3C9CA

square

#B8A3CA #CAA5A3 #B5CAA3 #A3C9CA

split-complementary

#B8A3CA #C9CAA3 #A3CAA5

monochromatic

#7C599A #9A7CB4 #B8A3CA #D6CAE0 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B8A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3CA

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3CA	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.060 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbeda',
    500: '#b8a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3ca;
$custom-light: #cdbeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 26.897,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74652,
    "c": 0.05972,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3CA

secondary

#E4E9DF

accent

#A5406F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3CA

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

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