#B8A8FF#B8A8FF

#B8A8FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8FF
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(251, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 24.13, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 47.64, 300.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0455 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.123 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8153, 45.4147, 100.6244)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8FF #EFFFA8

analogous

#A8C4FF #B8A8FF #E3A8FF

triadic

#B8A8FF #FFB8A8 #A8FFB8

tetradic

#B8A8FF #FFA8C4 #EFFFA8 #A8FFE3

square

#B8A8FF #FFA8C4 #EFFFA8 #A8FFE3

split-complementary

#B8A8FF #FFE3A8 #C4FFA8

monochromatic

#542EFF #866BFF #B8A8FF #E6E0FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B8A8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#B8A8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8FF

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8FF	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91B2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2ff',
    500: '#b8a8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8ff;
$custom-light: #cfc2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.034,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77803,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8FF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BB

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F7FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141218

muted

#828186

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8FF

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

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