#B8A4E7#B8A4E7

#B8A4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E7
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(258, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 20.73, -31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 37.34, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.045 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.097 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4632, 42.5105, 81.2906)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E7 #D3E7A4

analogous

#A4B2E7 #B8A4E7 #D9A4E7

triadic

#B8A4E7 #E7B8A4 #A4E7B8

tetradic

#B8A4E7 #E7A4B2 #D3E7A4 #A4E7D9

square

#B8A4E7 #E7A4B2 #D3E7A4 #A4E7D9

split-complementary

#B8A4E7 #E7D9A4 #B2E7A4

monochromatic

#6C43CD #9274DA #B8A4E7 #DED4F4 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B8A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E7

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E7	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfee',
    500: '#b8a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e7;
$custom-light: #cebfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75994,
    "c": 0.09667,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E7

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C62094

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E7

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

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