#B3A1CE#B3A1CE

#B3A1CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.067 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A1CE
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(264, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 15.31, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 25.63, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0364 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.067 303)
XYZ	xyz(42.4737, 39.5297, 63.7729)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A1CE #BCCEA1

analogous

#A1A6CE #B3A1CE #CAA1CE

triadic

#B3A1CE #CEB3A1 #A1CEB3

tetradic

#B3A1CE #CEA1A6 #BCCEA1 #A1CECA

square

#B3A1CE #CEA1A6 #BCCEA1 #A1CECA

split-complementary

#B3A1CE #CECAA1 #A6CEA1

monochromatic

#7354A1 #9279B9 #B3A1CE #D4C9E3 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3A1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B3A1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A1CE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A1CE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.067 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabcdd',
    500: '#b3a1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a1ce;
$custom-light: #cabcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 31.469,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.06675,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A1CE

secondary

#E7EBE0

accent

#AA3B7E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A1CE

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

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