#B8A4E5#B8A4E5

#B8A4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.094 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E5
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(258, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 20.28, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 36.27, 303.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0445 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.094 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1824, 42.3982, 79.8115)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E5 #D1E5A4

analogous

#A4B0E5 #B8A4E5 #D9A4E5

triadic

#B8A4E5 #E5B8A4 #A4E5B8

tetradic

#B8A4E5 #E5A4B0 #D1E5A4 #A4E5D9

square

#B8A4E5 #E5A4B0 #D1E5A4 #A4E5D9

split-complementary

#B8A4E5 #E5D9A4 #B0E5A4

monochromatic

#6E45CA #9374D7 #B8A4E5 #DDD4F3 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#B8A4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E5

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E5	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.094 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfed',
    500: '#b8a4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e5;
$custom-light: #cebfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75909,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C32292

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E5

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

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