#B8A5EE#B8A5EE

#B8A5EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.105 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5EE
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 21.78, -34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 40.44, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0455 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.105 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6514, 43.2732, 86.6618)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5EE #DBEEA5

analogous

#A5B7EE #B8A5EE #DDA5EE

triadic

#B8A5EE #EEB8A5 #A5EEB8

tetradic

#B8A5EE #EEA5B7 #DBEEA5 #A5EEDD

square

#B8A5EE #EEA5B7 #DBEEA5 #A5EEDD

split-complementary

#B8A5EE #EEDDA5 #B7EEA5

monochromatic

#673EDB #8F72E4 #B8A5EE #E1D8F8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8A5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B8A5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5EE

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5EE	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.105 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff3',
    500: '#b8a5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5ee;
$custom-light: #cebff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.616,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76482,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5EE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D015A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5EE

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

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