#B8A5CC#B8A5CC

#B8A5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.059 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5CC
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(269, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 14.31, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 22.48, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.0354 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.059 307)
XYZ	xyz(44.1194, 41.4604, 62.7934)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5CC #B9CCA5

analogous

#A5A5CC #B8A5CC #CCA5CC

triadic

#B8A5CC #CCB8A5 #A5CCB8

tetradic

#B8A5CC #CCA5A5 #B9CCA5 #A5CCCC

square

#B8A5CC #CCA5A5 #B9CCA5 #A5CCCC

split-complementary

#B8A5CC #CCCCA5 #A5CCA5

monochromatic

#7A599D #997EB6 #B8A5CC #D7CCE2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B8A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5CC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5CC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.059 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfdb',
    500: '#b8a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5cc;
$custom-light: #cdbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.05883,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.4146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5CC

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A63F74

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5CC

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

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