#B1A5E4#B1A5E4

#B1A5E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.090 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A5E4
RGB	rgb(177, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(251, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 17.36, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 34.80, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.035 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.09 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5869, 41.8583, 79.0615)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A5E4 #D8E4A5

analogous

#A5B9E4 #B1A5E4 #D1A5E4

triadic

#B1A5E4 #E4B1A5 #A5E4B1

tetradic

#B1A5E4 #E4A5B9 #D8E4A5 #A5E4D1

square

#B1A5E4 #E4A5B9 #D8E4A5 #A5E4D1

split-complementary

#B1A5E4 #E4D1A5 #B9E4A5

monochromatic

#5F47C8 #8876D6 #B1A5E4 #DAD4F2 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B1A5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B1A5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A5E4

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A5E4	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.090 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfec',
    500: '#b1a5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a5e4;
$custom-light: #c9bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7547,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A5E4

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C124A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A5E4

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

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