#B8A8F8#B8A8F8

#B8A8F8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.114 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8F8
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 248)
HSL	hsl(252, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(252, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, 22.45, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 43.92, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0439 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.114 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7090, 44.9722, 94.7976)
Luminance	0.4497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8F8 #E8F8A8

analogous

#A8C0F8 #B8A8F8 #E0A8F8

triadic

#B8A8F8 #F8B8A8 #A8F8B8

tetradic

#B8A8F8 #F8A8C0 #E8F8A8 #A8F8E0

square

#B8A8F8 #F8A8C0 #E8F8A8 #A8F8E0

split-complementary

#B8A8F8 #F8E0A8 #C0F8A8

monochromatic

#5C37EF #8A6FF3 #B8A8F8 #E6E1FD #E8E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B8A8F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#B8A8F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8F8

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8F8	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.114 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec2fb',
    500: '#b8a8f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8f8;
$custom-light: #cec2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 85.106,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77485,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8F8

secondary

#EFF5D6

accent

#E204B5

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F7FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8F8

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

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