#B8A4E6#B8A4E6

#B8A4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.095 H 298.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E6
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(258, 57%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 20.50, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 36.81, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% 0.0448 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.095 298)
XYZ	xyz(47.3224, 42.4542, 80.5489)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E6 #D2E6A4

analogous

#A4B1E6 #B8A4E6 #D9A4E6

triadic

#B8A4E6 #E6B8A4 #A4E6B8

tetradic

#B8A4E6 #E6A4B1 #D2E6A4 #A4E6D9

square

#B8A4E6 #E6A4B1 #D2E6A4 #A4E6D9

split-complementary

#B8A4E6 #E6D9A4 #B1E6A4

monochromatic

#6D44CC #9374D9 #B8A4E6 #DDD4F3 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B8A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E6

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E6	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.095 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfee',
    500: '#b8a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e6;
$custom-light: #cebfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75951,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.42454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E6

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C42193

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E6

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

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