#B8A4E2#B8A4E2

#B8A4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.090 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E2
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 19.60, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 34.68, 304.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0437 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.09 299)
XYZ	xyz(46.7672, 42.2321, 77.6245)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E2 #CEE2A4

analogous

#A4AFE2 #B8A4E2 #D7A4E2

triadic

#B8A4E2 #E2B8A4 #A4E2B8

tetradic

#B8A4E2 #E2A4AF #CEE2A4 #A4E2D7

square

#B8A4E2 #E2A4AF #CEE2A4 #A4E2D7

split-complementary

#B8A4E2 #E2D7A4 #AFE2A4

monochromatic

#7047C4 #9476D3 #B8A4E2 #DCD2F1 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E2

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E2	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.090 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfeb',
    500: '#b8a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e2;
$custom-light: #cebfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.355,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75784,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.42232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E2

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF268E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E2

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

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