#B8AADD#B8AADD

#B8AADD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.073 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AADD
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(256, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 15.16, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 28.29, 302.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0336 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.073 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1903, 44.1600, 74.4302)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AADD #CFDDAA

analogous

#AAB6DD #B8AADD #D2AADD

triadic

#B8AADD #DDB8AA #AADDB8

tetradic

#B8AADD #DDAAB6 #CFDDAA #AADDD2

square

#B8AADD #DDAAB6 #CFDDAA #AADDD2

split-complementary

#B8AADD #DDD2AA #B6DDAA

monochromatic

#6F53BA #937ECC #B8AADD #DDD6EE #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#B8AADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#B8AADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AADD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AADD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.073 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc3e7',
    500: '#b8aadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aadd;
$custom-light: #cdc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7673,
    "c": 0.0734,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AADD

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B63091

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AADD

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

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