#B8A5DC#B8A5DC

#B8A5DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.080 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5DC
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 17.72, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 30.88, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0405 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.08 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1379, 42.2678, 73.4241)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5DC #C9DCA5

analogous

#A5ADDC #B8A5DC #D3A5DC

triadic

#B8A5DC #DCB8A5 #A5DCB8

tetradic

#B8A5DC #DCA5AD #C9DCA5 #A5DCD3

square

#B8A5DC #DCA5AD #C9DCA5 #A5DCD3

split-complementary

#B8A5DC #DCD3A5 #ADDCA5

monochromatic

#724DBA #9579CB #B8A5DC #DBD1ED #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#B8A5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5DC

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5DC	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.080 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebfe7',
    500: '#b8a5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5dc;
$custom-light: #cebfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.727,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.08018,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5DC

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B72E88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5DC

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

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