#B8ADE8#B8ADE8

#B8ADE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.084 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8ADE8
RGB	rgb(184, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 15.96, -28.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 32.33, 299.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0326 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.084 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2729, 45.9032, 82.5926)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8ADE8 #DDE8AD

analogous

#ADC0E8 #B8ADE8 #D5ADE8

triadic

#B8ADE8 #E8B8AD #ADE8B8

tetradic

#B8ADE8 #E8ADC0 #DDE8AD #ADE8D5

square

#B8ADE8 #E8ADC0 #DDE8AD #ADE8D5

split-complementary

#B8ADE8 #E8D5AD #C0E8AD

monochromatic

#654DCD #8F7DDB #B8ADE8 #E1DDF5 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8ADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#B8ADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8ADE8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8ADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8ADE8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.084 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec5ef',
    500: '#b8ade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ade8;
$custom-light: #cec5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77749,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8ADE8

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C422A6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8ADE8

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

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