#B8A6ED#B8A6ED

#B8A6ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.102 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6ED
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 30%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 20.99, -33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 39.29, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0438 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.102 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6859, 43.5768, 85.9505)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6ED #DBEDA6

analogous

#A6B8ED #B8A6ED #DCA6ED

triadic

#B8A6ED #EDB8A6 #A6EDB8

tetradic

#B8A6ED #EDA6B8 #DBEDA6 #A6EDDC

square

#B8A6ED #EDA6B8 #DBEDA6 #A6EDDC

split-complementary

#B8A6ED #EDDCA6 #B8EDA6

monochromatic

#6740D8 #8F73E3 #B8A6ED #E1D9F7 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8A6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#B8A6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6ED

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6ED	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.102 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec0f3',
    500: '#b8a6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6ed;
$custom-light: #cec0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.211,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6ED

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CE17A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6ED

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

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