#B8A3CD#B8A3CD

#B8A3CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.064 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3CD
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 15.62, -18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 24.29, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0387 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.064 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8818, 40.7927, 63.3078)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3CD #B8CDA3

analogous

#A3A3CD #B8A3CD #CDA3CD

triadic

#B8A3CD #CDB8A3 #A3CDB8

tetradic

#B8A3CD #CDA3A3 #B8CDA3 #A3CDCD

square

#B8A3CD #CDA3A3 #B8CDA3 #A3CDCD

split-complementary

#B8A3CD #CDCDA3 #A3CDA3

monochromatic

#7B569F #997BB7 #B8A3CD #D7CBE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B8A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3CD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3CD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.064 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbedc',
    500: '#b8a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3cd;
$custom-light: #cdbedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74763,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3CD

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A83D73

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3CD

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

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