#B8A4E1#B8A4E1

#B8A4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.089 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E1
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 19.38, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 34.15, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0434 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.089 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6303, 42.1773, 76.9040)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E1 #CDE1A4

analogous

#A4AFE1 #B8A4E1 #D7A4E1

triadic

#B8A4E1 #E1B8A4 #A4E1B8

tetradic

#B8A4E1 #E1A4AF #CDE1A4 #A4E1D7

square

#B8A4E1 #E1A4AF #CDE1A4 #A4E1D7

split-complementary

#B8A4E1 #E1D7A4 #AFE1A4

monochromatic

#7048C3 #9476D2 #B8A4E1 #DCD2F0 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8A4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B8A4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E1

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E1	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.089 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfea',
    500: '#b8a4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e1;
$custom-light: #cebfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.672,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75742,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E1

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BE288D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E1

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

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