#B8A8C2#B8A8C2

#B8A8C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.041 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8C2
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 194)
HSL	hsl(277, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 10.62, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 15.42, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0275 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.041 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5058, 42.0909, 56.8609)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8C2 #B2C2A8

analogous

#ABA8C2 #B8A8C2 #C2A8BF

triadic

#B8A8C2 #C2B8A8 #A8C2B8

tetradic

#B8A8C2 #C2ABA8 #B2C2A8 #A8BFC2

square

#B8A8C2 #C2ABA8 #B2C2A8 #A8BFC2

split-complementary

#B8A8C2 #BFC2A8 #A8C2AB

monochromatic

#7D638D #9B84A9 #B8A8C2 #D5CCDB #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B8A8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B8A8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8C2

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8C2	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.041 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d4',
    500: '#b8a8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8c2;
$custom-light: #cdc1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.04071,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8C2

secondary

#E2E6DF

accent

#9C4A69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8C2

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

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