#B8AADA#B8AADA

#B8AADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.069 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AADA
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 218)
HSL	hsl(258, 39%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 22%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 14.51, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 26.69, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0327 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.069 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7941, 44.0016, 72.3440)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AADA #CCDAAA

analogous

#AAB4DA #B8AADA #D0AADA

triadic

#B8AADA #DAB8AA #AADAB8

tetradic

#B8AADA #DAAAB4 #CCDAAA #AADAD0

square

#B8AADA #DAAAB4 #CCDAAA #AADAD0

split-complementary

#B8AADA #DAD0AA #B4DAAA

monochromatic

#7155B5 #947FC7 #B8AADA #DCD5ED #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#B8AADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AADA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AADA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.069 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3e5',
    500: '#b8aada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aada;
$custom-light: #cdc3e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76613,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AADA

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B2338D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AADA

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

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