#B3A4E9#B3A4E9

#B3A4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.099 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A4E9
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 19.68, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 38.17, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.04 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.099 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5704, 42.0173, 82.7316)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A4E9 #DAE9A4

analogous

#A4B8E9 #B3A4E9 #D5A4E9

triadic

#B3A4E9 #E9B3A4 #A4E9B3

tetradic

#B3A4E9 #E9A4B8 #DAE9A4 #A4E9D5

square

#B3A4E9 #E9A4B8 #DAE9A4 #A4E9D5

split-complementary

#B3A4E9 #E9D5A4 #B8E9A4

monochromatic

#6141D1 #8A73DD #B3A4E9 #DCD5F5 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B3A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B3A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A4E9

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A4E9	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.099 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabff0',
    500: '#b3a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a4e9;
$custom-light: #cabff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A4E9

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C91DA3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A4E9

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

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