#B8A5CE#B8A5CE

#B8A5CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.061 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5CE
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(268, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 14.72, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 23.52, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0361 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.061 306)
XYZ	xyz(44.3608, 41.5570, 64.0648)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5CE #BBCEA5

analogous

#A5A6CE #B8A5CE #CCA5CE

triadic

#B8A5CE #CEB8A5 #A5CEB8

tetradic

#B8A5CE #CEA5A6 #BBCEA5 #A5CECC

square

#B8A5CE #CEA5A6 #BBCEA5 #A5CECC

split-complementary

#B8A5CE #CECCA5 #A6CEA5

monochromatic

#7A58A1 #997DB8 #B8A5CE #D7CDE4 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B8A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5CE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5CE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.061 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfdd',
    500: '#b8a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5ce;
$custom-light: #cdbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75188,
    "c": 0.06146,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.41557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5CE

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A83D77

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5CE

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

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