#B8A6C4#B8A6C4

#B8A6C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.047 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6C4
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 20%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 15%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 12.12, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 17.73, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0312 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.047 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3655, 41.4486, 57.9297)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6C4 #B2C4A6

analogous

#A9A6C4 #B8A6C4 #C4A6C1

triadic

#B8A6C4 #C4B8A6 #A6C4B8

tetradic

#B8A6C4 #C4A9A6 #B2C4A6 #A6C1C4

square

#B8A6C4 #C4A9A6 #B2C4A6 #A6C1C4

split-complementary

#B8A6C4 #C1C4A6 #A6C4A9

monochromatic

#7D6090 #9B81AC #B8A6C4 #D5CBDC #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A6C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#B8A6C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6C4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6C4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.047 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0d5',
    500: '#b8a6c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6c4;
$custom-light: #cdc0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 20.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.04677,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6C4

secondary

#E2E7DF

accent

#9F476A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6C4

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

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