#B8A5CA#B8A5CA

#B8A5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.056 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5CA
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(271, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 13.89, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 21.45, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0348 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.056 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8811, 41.3651, 61.5382)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5CA #B7CAA5

analogous

#A6A5CA #B8A5CA #CAA5CA

triadic

#B8A5CA #CAB8A5 #A5CAB8

tetradic

#B8A5CA #CAA6A5 #B7CAA5 #A5CACA

square

#B8A5CA #CAA6A5 #B7CAA5 #A5CACA

split-complementary

#B8A5CA #CACAA5 #A5CAA6

monochromatic

#7B5B9A #9A7EB3 #B8A5CA #D6CCE1 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B8A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5CA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5CA	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.056 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfda',
    500: '#b8a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5ca;
$custom-light: #cdbfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 25.874,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7504,
    "c": 0.05623,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5CA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A44171

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5CA

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

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