#B8A4CB#B8A4CB

#B8A4CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.059 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4CB
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(271, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 14.65, -17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 22.61, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0366 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.059 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8202, 41.0533, 62.1039)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4CB #B7CBA4

analogous

#A5A4CB #B8A4CB #CBA4CB

triadic

#B8A4CB #CBB8A4 #A4CBB8

tetradic

#B8A4CB #CBA5A4 #B7CBA4 #A4CBCB

square

#B8A4CB #CBA5A4 #B7CBA4 #A4CBCB

split-complementary

#B8A4CB #CBCBA4 #A4CBA5

monochromatic

#7B599C #9A7DB5 #B8A4CB #D6CBE1 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B8A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4CB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4CB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.059 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfda',
    500: '#b8a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4cb;
$custom-light: #cdbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74883,
    "c": 0.05926,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4CB

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A64071

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4CB

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

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