#B8A8CF#B8A8CF

#B8A8CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.058 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8CF
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(265, 29%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 13.27, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 22.12, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.032 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.058 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.0301, 42.7007, 64.8892)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8CF #BFCFA8

analogous

#A8ABCF #B8A8CF #CBA8CF

triadic

#B8A8CF #CFB8A8 #A8CFB8

tetradic

#B8A8CF #CFA8AB #BFCFA8 #A8CFCB

square

#B8A8CF #CFA8AB #BFCFA8 #A8CFCB

split-complementary

#B8A8CF #CFCBA8 #ABCFA8

monochromatic

#785AA3 #9881B9 #B8A8CF #D8CFE5 #EFEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B8A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#B8A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8CF

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8CF	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.058 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1dd',
    500: '#b8a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8cf;
$custom-light: #cdc1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75809,
    "c": 0.05768,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8CF

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#A83E7C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8CF

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

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