#B3A4E4#B3A4E4

#B3A4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.092 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A4E4
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 18.53, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 35.49, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% 0.0386 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.092 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8663, 41.7356, 79.0231)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A4E4 #D5E4A4

analogous

#A4B5E4 #B3A4E4 #D3A4E4

triadic

#B3A4E4 #E4B3A4 #A4E4B3

tetradic

#B3A4E4 #E4A4B5 #D5E4A4 #A4E4D3

square

#B3A4E4 #E4A4B5 #D5E4A4 #A4E4D3

split-complementary

#B3A4E4 #E4D3A4 #B5E4A4

monochromatic

#6446C8 #8C75D6 #B3A4E4 #DAD3F2 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B3A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A4E4

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A4E4	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97ACE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.092 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfec',
    500: '#b3a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a4e4;
$custom-light: #cabfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.063,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75444,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A4E4

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C2249D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A4E4

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

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