#B8A4E9#B8A4E9

#B8A4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.099 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4E9
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 21.18, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 38.40, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0456 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.099 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7473, 42.6241, 82.7868)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4E9 #D5E9A4

analogous

#A4B2E9 #B8A4E9 #DAA4E9

triadic

#B8A4E9 #E9B8A4 #A4E9B8

tetradic

#B8A4E9 #E9A4B2 #D5E9A4 #A4E9DA

square

#B8A4E9 #E9A4B2 #D5E9A4 #A4E9DA

split-complementary

#B8A4E9 #E9DAA4 #B2E9A4

monochromatic

#6B41D1 #9273DD #B8A4E9 #DED5F5 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B8A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4E9

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4E9	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.099 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff0',
    500: '#b8a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4e9;
$custom-light: #cebff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76079,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4E9

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C91D97

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4E9

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

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