#B3A6E1#B3A6E1

#B3A6E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.085 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A6E1
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 225)
HSL	hsl(253, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 16.72, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 32.65, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.035 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.085 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8142, 42.2920, 76.9691)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A6E1 #D4E1A6

analogous

#A6B7E1 #B3A6E1 #D1A6E1

triadic

#B3A6E1 #E1B3A6 #A6E1B3

tetradic

#B3A6E1 #E1A6B7 #D4E1A6 #A6E1D1

square

#B3A6E1 #E1A6B7 #D4E1A6 #A6E1D1

split-complementary

#B3A6E1 #E1D1A6 #B7E1A6

monochromatic

#654AC2 #8C78D2 #B3A6E1 #DAD4F0 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B3A6E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#B3A6E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A6E1

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A6E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A6E1	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a6e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.085 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac0ea',
    500: '#b3a6e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a6e1;
$custom-light: #cac0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a6e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75702,
    "c": 0.08462,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A6E1

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD299C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A6E1

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

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