#B8A9DC#B8A9DC

#B8A9DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.074 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9DC
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(258, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 15.50, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 28.38, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0347 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.074 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8707, 43.7334, 73.6684)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9DC #CDDCA9

analogous

#A9B4DC #B8A9DC #D2A9DC

triadic

#B8A9DC #DCB8A9 #A9DCB8

tetradic

#B8A9DC #DCA9B4 #CDDCA9 #A9DCD2

square

#B8A9DC #DCA9B4 #CDDCA9 #A9DCD2

split-complementary

#B8A9DC #DCD2A9 #B4DCA9

monochromatic

#7052B9 #947ECA #B8A9DC #DCD4EE #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8A9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B8A9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9DC

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9DC	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.074 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc2e7',
    500: '#b8a9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9dc;
$custom-light: #cdc2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9DC

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B5308E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9DC

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

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