#B8A6CD#B8A6CD

#B8A6CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.058 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6CD
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 13.96, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 22.36, 308.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0343 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.058 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4208, 41.8707, 63.4875)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6CD #BBCDA6

analogous

#A6A7CD #B8A6CD #CBA6CD

triadic

#B8A6CD #CDB8A6 #A6CDB8

tetradic

#B8A6CD #CDA6A7 #BBCDA6 #A6CDCB

square

#B8A6CD #CDA6A7 #BBCDA6 #A6CDCB

split-complementary

#B8A6CD #CDCBA6 #A7CDA6

monochromatic

#7A599F #997FB7 #B8A6CD #D7CDE3 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B8A6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6CD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6CD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.058 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0dc',
    500: '#b8a6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6cd;
$custom-light: #cdc0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 28.058,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.05843,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6CD

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A73F77

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6CD

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

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