#B3A4E6#B3A4E6

#B3A4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.095 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A4E6
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 18.99, -31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 36.56, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0392 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.095 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1455, 41.8473, 80.4938)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A4E6 #D7E6A4

analogous

#A4B6E6 #B3A4E6 #D4A4E6

triadic

#B3A4E6 #E6B3A4 #A4E6B3

tetradic

#B3A4E6 #E6A4B6 #D7E6A4 #A4E6D4

square

#B3A4E6 #E6A4B6 #D7E6A4 #A4E6D4

split-complementary

#B3A4E6 #E6D4A4 #B6E6A4

monochromatic

#6344CC #8B74D9 #B3A4E6 #DBD4F3 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3A4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B3A4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A4E6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A4E6	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)

#94AEE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.095 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfee',
    500: '#b3a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a4e6;
$custom-light: #cabfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A4E6

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C4219F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A4E6

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

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