#B8A5EB#B8A5EB

#B8A5EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.101 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5EB
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 21.08, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 38.84, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0447 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.101 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2143, 43.0984, 84.3599)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5EB #D8EBA5

analogous

#A5B5EB #B8A5EB #DBA5EB

triadic

#B8A5EB #EBB8A5 #A5EBB8

tetradic

#B8A5EB #EBA5B5 #D8EBA5 #A5EBDB

square

#B8A5EB #EBA5B5 #D8EBA5 #A5EBDB

split-complementary

#B8A5EB #EBDBA5 #B5EBA5

monochromatic

#6941D5 #9073E0 #B8A5EB #E0D7F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8A5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B8A5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5EB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5EB	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.101 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff1',
    500: '#b8a5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5eb;
$custom-light: #cebff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76352,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5EB

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CB1A9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5EB

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

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