#B8A5EA#B8A5EA

#B8A5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.099 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5EA
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 20.85, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 38.31, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0444 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.099 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0702, 43.0408, 83.6011)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5EA #D7EAA5

analogous

#A5B4EA #B8A5EA #DAA5EA

triadic

#B8A5EA #EAB8A5 #A5EAB8

tetradic

#B8A5EA #EAA5B4 #D7EAA5 #A5EADA

square

#B8A5EA #EAA5B4 #D7EAA5 #A5EADA

split-complementary

#B8A5EA #EADAA5 #B4EAA5

monochromatic

#6A42D3 #9173DE #B8A5EA #DFD7F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B8A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5EA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5EA	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.099 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff1',
    500: '#b8a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5ea;
$custom-light: #cebff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76309,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5EA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CA1C9A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5EA

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

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