#B8A5CF#B8A5CF

#B8A5CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.063 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5CF
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(267, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 14.93, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 24.04, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0364 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.063 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4827, 41.6057, 64.7067)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5CF #BCCFA5

analogous

#A5A7CF #B8A5CF #CDA5CF

triadic

#B8A5CF #CFB8A5 #A5CFB8

tetradic

#B8A5CF #CFA5A7 #BCCFA5 #A5CFCD

square

#B8A5CF #CFA5A7 #BCCFA5 #A5CFCD

split-complementary

#B8A5CF #CFCDA5 #A7CFA5

monochromatic

#7957A3 #997DBA #B8A5CF #D7CDE4 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B8A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5CF

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5CF	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.063 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfdd',
    500: '#b8a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5cf;
$custom-light: #cdbfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.143,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75225,
    "c": 0.06278,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5CF

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A93C78

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5CF

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

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