#B8A8CD#B8A8CD

#B8A8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.055 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8CD
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 12.85, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 21.08, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0313 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.055 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7872, 42.6035, 63.6096)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8CD #BDCDA8

analogous

#A8AACD #B8A8CD #CAA8CD

triadic

#B8A8CD #CDB8A8 #A8CDB8

tetradic

#B8A8CD #CDA8AA #BDCDA8 #A8CDCA

square

#B8A8CD #CDA8AA #BDCDA8 #A8CDCA

split-complementary

#B8A8CD #CDCAA8 #AACDA8

monochromatic

#795B9F #9881B7 #B8A8CD #D8CFE3 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B8A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#B8A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8CD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8CD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.055 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1dc',
    500: '#b8a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8cd;
$custom-light: #cdc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.05501,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8CD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A6407A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8CD

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

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