#B8A5EF#B8A5EF

#B8A5EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.106 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A5EF
RGB	rgb(184, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(255, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 22.01, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 40.97, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0457 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.106 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7987, 43.3321, 87.4376)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A5EF #DCEFA5

analogous

#A5B7EF #B8A5EF #DDA5EF

triadic

#B8A5EF #EFB8A5 #A5EFB8

tetradic

#B8A5EF #EFA5B7 #DCEFA5 #A5EFDD

square

#B8A5EF #EFA5B7 #DCEFA5 #A5EFDD

split-complementary

#B8A5EF #EFDDA5 #B7EFA5

monochromatic

#663DDD #8F71E6 #B8A5EF #E1D9F8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#B8A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A5EF

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A5EF	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.106 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cebff4',
    500: '#b8a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a5ef;
$custom-light: #cebff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.405,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76526,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A5EF

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D214A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A5EF

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

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