#B8A6CA#B8A6CA

#B8A6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.054 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6CA
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(270, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 13.34, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 20.80, 309.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0333 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.054 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0622, 41.7272, 61.5986)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6CA #B8CAA6

analogous

#A6A6CA #B8A6CA #CAA6CA

triadic

#B8A6CA #CAB8A6 #A6CAB8

tetradic

#B8A6CA #CAA6A6 #B8CAA6 #A6CACA

square

#B8A6CA #CAA6A6 #B8CAA6 #A6CACA

split-complementary

#B8A6CA #CACAA6 #A6CAA6

monochromatic

#7B5C9A #9980B3 #B8A6CA #D7CCE1 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B8A6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6CA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6CA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ADC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.054 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0da',
    500: '#b8a6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6ca;
$custom-light: #cdc0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75235,
    "c": 0.05449,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6CA

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A44273

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6CA

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

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