#B3A5E2#B3A5E2

#B3A5E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.088 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A5E2
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 226)
HSL	hsl(254, 51%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 27%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 17.51, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 33.80, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0367 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.088 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7699, 41.9845, 77.6292)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A5E2 #D4E2A5

analogous

#A5B6E2 #B3A5E2 #D2A5E2

triadic

#B3A5E2 #E2B3A5 #A5E2B3

tetradic

#B3A5E2 #E2A5B6 #D4E2A5 #A5E2D2

square

#B3A5E2 #E2A5B6 #D4E2A5 #A5E2D2

split-complementary

#B3A5E2 #E2D2A5 #B6E2A5

monochromatic

#6548C4 #8C77D3 #B3A5E2 #DAD3F1 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B3A5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#B3A5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A5E2

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A5E2	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)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ADE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.088 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfeb',
    500: '#b3a5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a5e2;
$custom-light: #cabfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.08757,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A5E2

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF279C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A5E2

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

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