#B8A4EB#B8A4EB

#B8A4EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4EB
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 235)
HSL	hsl(257, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 21.64, -33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 39.46, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0461 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.102 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0346, 42.7391, 84.3000)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4EB #D7EBA4

analogous

#A4B3EB #B8A4EB #DBA4EB

triadic

#B8A4EB #EBB8A4 #A4EBB8

tetradic

#B8A4EB #EBA4B3 #D7EBA4 #A4EBDB

square

#B8A4EB #EBA4B3 #D7EBA4 #A4EBDB

split-complementary

#B8A4EB #EBDBA4 #B3EBA4

monochromatic

#6A40D5 #9172E0 #B8A4EB #DFD6F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8A4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#B8A4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4EB

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4EB	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff1',
    500: '#b8a4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4eb;
$custom-light: #cebff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.901,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76165,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4EB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CC1A9A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4EB

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

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