#B8A7EC#B8A7EC

#B8A7EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.099 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A7EC
RGB	rgb(184, 167, 236)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 29.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 20.20, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 38.14, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0422 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.099 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7227, 43.8835, 85.2441)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A7EC #DBECA7

analogous

#A7B9EC #B8A7EC #DBA7EC

triadic

#B8A7EC #ECB8A7 #A7ECB8

tetradic

#B8A7EC #ECA7B9 #DBECA7 #A7ECDB

square

#B8A7EC #ECA7B9 #DBECA7 #A7ECDB

split-complementary

#B8A7EC #ECDBA7 #B9ECA7

monochromatic

#6742D6 #8F75E1 #B8A7EC #E1D9F7 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8A7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#B8A7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A7EC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A7EC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 167, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.099 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1f2',
    500: '#b8a7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a7ec;
$custom-light: #cec1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.783,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A7EC

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CC19A0

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A7EC

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

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