#B8A7DD#B8A7DD

#B8A7DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.078 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A7DD
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 16.83, -25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 30.15, 303.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0379 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.078 299)
XYZ	xyz(46.6343, 43.0481, 74.2449)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A7DD #CCDDA7

analogous

#A7B1DD #B8A7DD #D3A7DD

triadic

#B8A7DD #DDB8A7 #A7DDB8

tetradic

#B8A7DD #DDA7B1 #CCDDA7 #A7DDD3

square

#B8A7DD #DDA7B1 #CCDDA7 #A7DDD3

split-complementary

#B8A7DD #DDD3A7 #B1DDA7

monochromatic

#714FBB #947BCC #B8A7DD #DCD3EE #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8A7DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B8A7DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A7DD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A7DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A7DD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a7dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.078 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1e7',
    500: '#b8a7dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a7dd;
$custom-light: #cec1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a7dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76152,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.43048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A7DD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B72E8C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A7DD

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

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