#B8A8CA#B8A8CA

#B8A8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.051 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8CA
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(268, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 12.24, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 19.51, 308.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0303 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.051 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4285, 42.4600, 61.7207)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8CA #BACAA8

analogous

#A8A9CA #B8A8CA #C9A8CA

triadic

#B8A8CA #CAB8A8 #A8CAB8

tetradic

#B8A8CA #CAA8A9 #BACAA8 #A8CAC9

square

#B8A8CA #CAA8A9 #BACAA8 #A8CAC9

split-complementary

#B8A8CA #CAC9A8 #A9CAA8

monochromatic

#7A5E9A #9982B3 #B8A8CA #D7CEE1 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B8A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8CA

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8CA	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.051 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1da',
    500: '#b8a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8ca;
$custom-light: #cdc1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75627,
    "c": 0.05104,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8CA

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A34376

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8CA

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

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