#B8A8DA#B8A8DA

#B8A8DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.073 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8DA
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 15.62, -23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 27.94, 303.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0355 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.073 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4221, 43.2574, 72.2199)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8DA #CADAA8

analogous

#A8B1DA #B8A8DA #D1A8DA

triadic

#B8A8DA #DAB8A8 #A8DAB8

tetradic

#B8A8DA #DAA8B1 #CADAA8 #A8DAD1

square

#B8A8DA #DAA8B1 #CADAA8 #A8DAD1

split-complementary

#B8A8DA #DAD1A8 #B1DAA8

monochromatic

#7252B5 #957DC8 #B8A8DA #DBD3EC #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B8A8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#B8A8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8DA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8DA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.073 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1e5',
    500: '#b8a8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8da;
$custom-light: #cdc1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76226,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8DA

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B3328A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8DA

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

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