#B8A6EA#B8A6EA

#B8A6EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.098 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6EA
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 20.30, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 37.69, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.043 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.098 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2513, 43.4029, 83.6615)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6EA #D8EAA6

analogous

#A6B6EA #B8A6EA #DAA6EA

triadic

#B8A6EA #EAB8A6 #A6EAB8

tetradic

#B8A6EA #EAA6B6 #D8EAA6 #A6EADA

square

#B8A6EA #EAA6B6 #D8EAA6 #A6EADA

split-complementary

#B8A6EA #EADAA6 #B6EAA6

monochromatic

#6943D3 #9074DE #B8A6EA #E0D8F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#B8A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6EA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6EA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.098 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec0f1',
    500: '#b8a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6ea;
$custom-light: #cec0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6EA

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CA1C9C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6EA

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

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