#B8A6EB#B8A6EB

#B8A6EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.099 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6EB
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 20.53, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 38.22, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0433 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.099 296)
XYZ	xyz(48.3954, 43.4605, 84.4202)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6EB #D9EBA6

analogous

#A6B6EB #B8A6EB #DAA6EB

triadic

#B8A6EB #EBB8A6 #A6EBB8

tetradic

#B8A6EB #EBA6B6 #D9EBA6 #A6EBDA

square

#B8A6EB #EBA6B6 #D9EBA6 #A6EBDA

split-complementary

#B8A6EB #EBDAA6 #B6EBA6

monochromatic

#6842D5 #9074E0 #B8A6EB #E0D8F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8A6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#B8A6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6EB

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6EB	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.099 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec0f1',
    500: '#b8a6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6eb;
$custom-light: #cec0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76541,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.43461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6EB

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CB1A9D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6EB

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

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