#B8A5DA#B8A5DA

#B8A5DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.077 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5DA
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(262, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 17.28, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 29.82, 305.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0399 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.077 301)
XYZ	xyz(45.8746, 42.1625, 72.0375)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5DA #C7DAA5

analogous

#A5ADDA #B8A5DA #D2A5DA

triadic

#B8A5DA #DAB8A5 #A5DAB8

tetradic

#B8A5DA #DAA5AD #C7DAA5 #A5DAD2

square

#B8A5DA #DAA5AD #C7DAA5 #A5DAD2

split-complementary

#B8A5DA #DAD2A5 #ADDAA5

monochromatic

#744EB6 #967AC8 #B8A5DA #DAD0EC #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8A5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#B8A5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5DA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5DA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EADD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.077 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbfe5',
    500: '#b8a5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5da;
$custom-light: #cdbfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.509,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7565,
    "c": 0.07748,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.42163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5DA

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B53185

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5DA

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

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