#B8A4DC#B8A4DC

#B8A4DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.082 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4DC
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 18.27, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 31.51, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0419 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.082 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9582, 41.9085, 73.3642)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4DC #C8DCA4

analogous

#A4ACDC #B8A4DC #D4A4DC

triadic

#B8A4DC #DCB8A4 #A4DCB8

tetradic

#B8A4DC #DCA4AC #C8DCA4 #A4DCD4

square

#B8A4DC #DCA4AC #C8DCA4 #A4DCD4

split-complementary

#B8A4DC #DCD4A4 #ACDCA4

monochromatic

#734CBA #9678CB #B8A4DC #DAD0ED #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B8A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4DC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4DC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CADDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.082 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfe7',
    500: '#b8a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4dc;
$custom-light: #cebfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75539,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4DC

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B82E86

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4DC

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

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