#B8A9CD#B8A9CD

#B8A9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.053 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9CD
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 12.30, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 20.44, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0299 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.053 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9725, 42.9741, 63.6714)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9CD #BECDA9

analogous

#A9ACCD #B8A9CD #CAA9CD

triadic

#B8A9CD #CDB8A9 #A9CDB8

tetradic

#B8A9CD #CDA9AC #BECDA9 #A9CDCA

square

#B8A9CD #CDA9AC #BECDA9 #A9CDCA

split-complementary

#B8A9CD #CDCAA9 #ACCDA9

monochromatic

#785C9F #9882B6 #B8A9CD #D8D0E3 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B8A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#B8A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9CD

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9CD	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.053 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2dc',
    500: '#b8a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9cd;
$custom-light: #cdc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75931,
    "c": 0.05331,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9CD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A5407B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9CD

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

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