#B8A8DB#B8A8DB

#B8A8DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.074 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8DB
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 15.83, -23.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 28.47, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0358 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.074 299)
XYZ	xyz(46.5533, 43.3099, 72.9112)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8DB #CBDBA8

analogous

#A8B1DB #B8A8DB #D1A8DB

triadic

#B8A8DB #DBB8A8 #A8DBB8

tetradic

#B8A8DB #DBA8B1 #CBDBA8 #A8DBD1

square

#B8A8DB #DBA8B1 #CBDBA8 #A8DBD1

split-complementary

#B8A8DB #DBD1A8 #B1DBA8

monochromatic

#7151B7 #957DC9 #B8A8DB #DBD3ED #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#B8A8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#B8A8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8DB

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8DB	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.074 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1e6',
    500: '#b8a8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8db;
$custom-light: #cdc1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.824,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76265,
    "c": 0.0739,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.4331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8DB

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B5318B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8DB

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

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