#B8A4E4#B8A4E4

#B8A4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.093 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E4
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 20.05, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 35.74, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0442 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.093 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0432, 42.3425, 79.0783)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E4 #D0E4A4

analogous

#A4B0E4 #B8A4E4 #D8A4E4

triadic

#B8A4E4 #E4B8A4 #A4E4B8

tetradic

#B8A4E4 #E4A4B0 #D0E4A4 #A4E4D8

square

#B8A4E4 #E4A4B0 #D0E4A4 #A4E4D8

split-complementary

#B8A4E4 #E4D8A4 #B0E4A4

monochromatic

#6E46C8 #9375D6 #B8A4E4 #DDD3F2 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E4

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E4	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.093 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfec',
    500: '#b8a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e4;
$custom-light: #cebfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E4

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C22490

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E4

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

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