#B2A5D8#B2A5D8

#B2A5D8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.074 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2A5D8
RGB	rgb(178, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(255, 40%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(255, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 14.95, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 28.38, 301.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0326 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.074 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2072, 41.3328, 70.6015)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2A5D8 #CBD8A5

analogous

#A5B2D8 #B2A5D8 #CCA5D8

triadic

#B2A5D8 #D8B2A5 #A5D8B2

tetradic

#B2A5D8 #D8A5B2 #CBD8A5 #A5D8CC

square

#B2A5D8 #D8A5B2 #CBD8A5 #A5D8CC

split-complementary

#B2A5D8 #D8CCA5 #B2D8A5

monochromatic

#6950B3 #8D7AC5 #B2A5D8 #D7D0EB #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B2A5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#B2A5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2A5D8

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2A5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2A5D8	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CACD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABADB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2a5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.074 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9bfe4',
    500: '#b2a5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2a5d8;
$custom-light: #c9bfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2a5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.294,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2A5D8

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B33392

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2A5D8

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

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