#B8A3CB#B8A3CB

#B8A3CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.061 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3CB
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(272, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(272, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 15.21, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 23.26, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0381 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.061 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6419, 40.6968, 62.0445)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3CB #B6CBA3

analogous

#A4A3CB #B8A3CB #CBA3CA

triadic

#B8A3CB #CBB8A3 #A3CBB8

tetradic

#B8A3CB #CBA4A3 #B6CBA3 #A3CACB

square

#B8A3CB #CBA4A3 #B6CBA3 #A3CACB

split-complementary

#B8A3CB #CACBA3 #A3CBA4

monochromatic

#7B589C #9A7CB5 #B8A3CB #D6CAE1 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B8A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B8A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3CB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3CB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.061 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbedb',
    500: '#b8a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3cb;
$custom-light: #cdbedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74689,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3CB

secondary

#E5EAE0

accent

#A63F70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3CB

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

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