#B8A4EC#B8A4EC

#B8A4EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.103 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A4EC
RGB	rgb(184, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(257, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 21.87, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 39.99, 303.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0464 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.103 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1795, 42.7970, 85.0630)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A4EC #D8ECA4

analogous

#A4B4EC #B8A4EC #DCA4EC

triadic

#B8A4EC #ECB8A4 #A4ECB8

tetradic

#B8A4EC #ECA4B4 #D8ECA4 #A4ECDC

square

#B8A4EC #ECA4B4 #D8ECA4 #A4ECDC

split-complementary

#B8A4EC #ECDCA4 #B4ECA4

monochromatic

#693FD7 #9071E1 #B8A4EC #E0D7F7 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8A4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B8A4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A4EC

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A4EC	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.103 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff2',
    500: '#b8a4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a4ec;
$custom-light: #cebff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76208,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A4EC

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CD189B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A4EC

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

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