#B3A4E7#B3A4E7

#B3A4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.096 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A4E7
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 19.22, -31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 37.10, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0395 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.096 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2863, 41.9037, 81.2355)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A4E7 #D8E7A4

analogous

#A4B6E7 #B3A4E7 #D5A4E7

triadic

#B3A4E7 #E7B3A4 #A4E7B3

tetradic

#B3A4E7 #E7A4B6 #D8E7A4 #A4E7D5

square

#B3A4E7 #E7A4B6 #D8E7A4 #A4E7D5

split-complementary

#B3A4E7 #E7D5A4 #B6E7A4

monochromatic

#6243CD #8B74DA #B3A4E7 #DBD4F4 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3A4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#B3A4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A4E7

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A4E7	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ACE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.096 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfef',
    500: '#b3a4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a4e7;
$custom-light: #cabfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.433,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A4E7

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C620A1

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A4E7

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

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