#B8ABCD#B8ABCD

#B8ABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.050 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ABCD
RGB	rgb(184, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(263, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 11.20, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 19.17, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0269 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.05 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3474, 43.7240, 63.7963)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ABCD #C0CDAB

analogous

#ABAFCD #B8ABCD #C9ABCD

triadic

#B8ABCD #CDB8AB #ABCDB8

tetradic

#B8ABCD #CDABAF #C0CDAB #ABCDC9

square

#B8ABCD #CDABAF #C0CDAB #ABCDC9

split-complementary

#B8ABCD #CDC9AB #AFCDAB

monochromatic

#775F9F #9885B6 #B8ABCD #D8D1E4 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B8ABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B8ABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ABCD

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ABCD	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8abcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.050 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc4dc',
    500: '#b8abcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8abcd;
$custom-light: #cdc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8abcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76324,
    "c": 0.04994,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ABCD

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A4427E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ABCD

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

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