#B8A4E8#B8A4E8

#B8A4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.098 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E8
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 20.95, -31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 37.87, 303.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0453 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.098 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6049, 42.5672, 82.0366)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E8 #D4E8A4

analogous

#A4B2E8 #B8A4E8 #DAA4E8

triadic

#B8A4E8 #E8B8A4 #A4E8B8

tetradic

#B8A4E8 #E8A4B2 #D4E8A4 #A4E8DA

square

#B8A4E8 #E8A4B2 #D4E8A4 #A4E8DA

split-complementary

#B8A4E8 #E8DAA4 #B2E8A4

monochromatic

#6C42CF #9273DC #B8A4E8 #DED5F4 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B8A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E8	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.098 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfef',
    500: '#b8a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e8;
$custom-light: #cebfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C71E96

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E8

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

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