#B8A8EA#B8A8EA

#B8A8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.094 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8EA
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, 19.19, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 36.46, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0402 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.094 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6177, 44.1357, 83.7836)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8EA #DAEAA8

analogous

#A8B9EA #B8A8EA #D9A8EA

triadic

#B8A8EA #EAB8A8 #A8EAB8

tetradic

#B8A8EA #EAA8B9 #DAEAA8 #A8EAD9

square

#B8A8EA #EAA8B9 #DAEAA8 #A8EAD9

split-complementary

#B8A8EA #EAD9A8 #B9EAA8

monochromatic

#6845D2 #9077DE #B8A8EA #E0D9F6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#B8A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8EA

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8EA	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.094 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1f1',
    500: '#b8a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8ea;
$custom-light: #cec1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76876,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8EA

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C91D9F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8EA

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

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