#B8A4E3#B8A4E3

#B8A4E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.091 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E3
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 19.83, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 35.21, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0439 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.091 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9048, 42.2871, 78.3493)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E3 #CFE3A4

analogous

#A4B0E3 #B8A4E3 #D8A4E3

triadic

#B8A4E3 #E3B8A4 #A4E3B8

tetradic

#B8A4E3 #E3A4B0 #CFE3A4 #A4E3D8

square

#B8A4E3 #E3A4B0 #CFE3A4 #A4E3D8

split-complementary

#B8A4E3 #E3D8A4 #B0E3A4

monochromatic

#6F46C6 #9375D5 #B8A4E3 #DDD3F1 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B8A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E3

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E3	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ADE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.091 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfec',
    500: '#b8a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e3;
$custom-light: #cebfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75825,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E3

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C0258F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E3

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

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