#B8A8EB#B8A8EB

#B8A8EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.096 H 295.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8EB
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 19.42, -31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 36.99, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0405 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.096 295)
XYZ	xyz(48.7618, 44.1933, 84.5423)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8EB #DBEBA8

analogous

#A8BAEB #B8A8EB #DAA8EB

triadic

#B8A8EB #EBB8A8 #A8EBB8

tetradic

#B8A8EB #EBA8BA #DBEBA8 #A8EBDA

square

#B8A8EB #EBA8BA #DBEBA8 #A8EBDA

split-complementary

#B8A8EB #EBDAA8 #BAEBA8

monochromatic

#6744D4 #8F76E0 #B8A8EB #E1DAF6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B8A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#B8A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8EB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8EB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.096 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec1f1',
    500: '#b8a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8eb;
$custom-light: #cec1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.328,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76918,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.44194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8EB

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CA1BA1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8EB

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

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