#B8A4CE#B8A4CE

#B8A4CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.063 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4CE
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 15.28, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 24.16, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0376 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.063 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1812, 41.1977, 64.0050)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4CE #BACEA4

analogous

#A4A5CE #B8A4CE #CDA4CE

triadic

#B8A4CE #CEB8A4 #A4CEB8

tetradic

#B8A4CE #CEA4A5 #BACEA4 #A4CECD

square

#B8A4CE #CEA4A5 #BACEA4 #A4CECD

split-complementary

#B8A4CE #CECDA4 #A5CEA4

monochromatic

#7A57A1 #997CB9 #B8A4CE #D7CCE3 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B8A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B8A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4CE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4CE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.063 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfdd',
    500: '#b8a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4ce;
$custom-light: #cdbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74994,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4CE

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A93D75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4CE

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

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