#B8A8CB#B8A8CB

#B8A8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.052 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8CB
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(267, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(267, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 12.44, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 20.03, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0307 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.052 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5473, 42.5075, 62.3463)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8CB #BBCBA8

analogous

#A8A9CB #B8A8CB #CAA8CB

triadic

#B8A8CB #CBB8A8 #A8CBB8

tetradic

#B8A8CB #CBA8A9 #BBCBA8 #A8CBCA

square

#B8A8CB #CBA8A9 #BBCBA8 #A8CBCA

split-complementary

#B8A8CB #CBCAA8 #A9CBA8

monochromatic

#7A5D9C #9982B4 #B8A8CB #D7CEE2 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8A8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#B8A8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8CB

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8CB	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.052 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1da',
    500: '#b8a8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8cb;
$custom-light: #cdc1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75663,
    "c": 0.05236,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8CB

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A44277

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →