#B8A6C6#B8A6C6

#B8A6C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.049 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6C6
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 198)
HSL	hsl(274, 22%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(274, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 12.53, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 18.75, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0319 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.049 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5947, 41.5403, 59.1366)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6C6 #B4C6A6

analogous

#A8A6C6 #B8A6C6 #C6A6C4

triadic

#B8A6C6 #C6B8A6 #A6C6B8

tetradic

#B8A6C6 #C6A8A6 #B4C6A6 #A6C4C6

square

#B8A6C6 #C6A8A6 #B4C6A6 #A6C4C6

split-complementary

#B8A6C6 #C4C6A6 #A6C6A8

monochromatic

#7C5E93 #9A81AE #B8A6C6 #D6CBDE #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#B8A6C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B8A6C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6C6

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6C6	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.049 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0d7',
    500: '#b8a6c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6c6;
$custom-light: #cdc0d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 21.918,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.04932,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6C6

secondary

#E3E8E0

accent

#A0456D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6C6

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

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