#B8A6EE#B8A6EE

#B8A6EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.103 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6EE
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 30.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 21.22, -33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 39.82, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0441 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.103 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8324, 43.6354, 86.7221)
Luminance	0.4364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6EE #DCEEA6

analogous

#A6B8EE #B8A6EE #DCA6EE

triadic

#B8A6EE #EEB8A6 #A6EEB8

tetradic

#B8A6EE #EEA6B8 #DCEEA6 #A6EEDC

square

#B8A6EE #EEA6B8 #DCEEA6 #A6EEDC

split-complementary

#B8A6EE #EEDCA6 #B8EEA6

monochromatic

#663FDA #8F73E4 #B8A6EE #E1D9F8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B8A6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#B8A6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6EE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6EE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.103 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec0f3',
    500: '#b8a6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6ee;
$custom-light: #cec0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7667,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6EE

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6EE

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

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