#B3A8DD#B3A8DD

#B3A8DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.076 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A8DD
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 14.71, -25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 29.27, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0309 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.076 294)
XYZ	xyz(45.6413, 42.8090, 74.2510)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A8DD #D2DDA8

analogous

#A8B8DD #B3A8DD #CEA8DD

triadic

#B3A8DD #DDB3A8 #A8DDB3

tetradic

#B3A8DD #DDA8B8 #D2DDA8 #A8DDCE

square

#B3A8DD #DDA8B8 #D2DDA8 #A8DDCE

split-complementary

#B3A8DD #DDCEA8 #B8DDA8

monochromatic

#6650BB #8D7CCC #B3A8DD #D9D4EE #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#B3A8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#B3A8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A8DD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A8DD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.076 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac1e7',
    500: '#b3a8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a8dd;
$custom-light: #cac1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.453,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.07593,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.42809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A8DD

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B72F9B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A8DD

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

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