#B8A3CE#B8A3CE

#B8A3CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.065 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A3CE
RGB	rgb(184, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 15.83, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 24.81, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0391 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.065 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.0029, 40.8412, 63.9455)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A3CE #B9CEA3

analogous

#A3A4CE #B8A3CE #CDA3CE

triadic

#B8A3CE #CEB8A3 #A3CEB8

tetradic

#B8A3CE #CEA3A4 #B9CEA3 #A3CECD

square

#B8A3CE #CEA3A4 #B9CEA3 #A3CECD

split-complementary

#B8A3CE #CECDA3 #A4CEA3

monochromatic

#7A56A1 #997BB9 #B8A3CE #D7CBE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B8A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A3CE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A3CE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.065 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbedd',
    500: '#b8a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a3ce;
$custom-light: #cdbedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.302,
    "s": 30.496,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.06491,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.40841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A3CE

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A93C74

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A3CE

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

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