#B8A9EA#B8A9EA

#B8A9EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.093 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A9EA
RGB	rgb(184, 169, 234)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 27.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 18.63, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 35.84, 301.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0388 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.093 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8030, 44.5063, 83.8454)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A9EA #DBEAA9

analogous

#A9BBEA #B8A9EA #D9A9EA

triadic

#B8A9EA #EAB8A9 #A9EAB8

tetradic

#B8A9EA #EAA9BB #DBEAA9 #A9EAD9

square

#B8A9EA #EAA9BB #DBEAA9 #A9EAD9

split-complementary

#B8A9EA #EAD9A9 #BBEAA9

monochromatic

#6747D2 #8F78DE #B8A9EA #E1DAF6 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8A9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B8A9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A9EA

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A9EA	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 169, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.093 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec2f1',
    500: '#b8a9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a9ea;
$custom-light: #cec2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77066,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A9EA

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C81DA1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A9EA

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

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