#B3A4E8#B3A4E8

#B3A4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.097 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A4E8
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 19.45, -32.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 37.63, 301.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0397 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.097 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4280, 41.9603, 81.9814)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A4E8 #D9E8A4

analogous

#A4B7E8 #B3A4E8 #D5A4E8

triadic

#B3A4E8 #E8B3A4 #A4E8B3

tetradic

#B3A4E8 #E8A4B7 #D9E8A4 #A4E8D5

square

#B3A4E8 #E8A4B7 #D9E8A4 #A4E8D5

split-complementary

#B3A4E8 #E8D5A4 #B7E8A4

monochromatic

#6142CF #8A73DC #B3A4E8 #DCD5F4 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B3A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#B3A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A4E8

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A4E8	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.097 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfef',
    500: '#b3a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a4e8;
$custom-light: #cabfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75615,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A4E8

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C71EA2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A4E8

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

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