#B8A5CD#B8A5CD

#B8A5CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.060 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5CD
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(269, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 14.51, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 23.00, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0358 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.06 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2397, 41.5086, 63.4271)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5CD #BACDA5

analogous

#A5A6CD #B8A5CD #CCA5CD

triadic

#B8A5CD #CDB8A5 #A5CDB8

tetradic

#B8A5CD #CDA5A6 #BACDA5 #A5CDCC

square

#B8A5CD #CDA5A6 #BACDA5 #A5CDCC

split-complementary

#B8A5CD #CDCCA5 #A6CDA5

monochromatic

#7A589F #997EB7 #B8A5CD #D7CCE3 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#B8A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5CD

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5CD	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.060 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfdc',
    500: '#b8a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5cd;
$custom-light: #cdbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75151,
    "c": 0.06014,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5CD

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A73E75

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5CD

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

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