#B3A8EE#B3A8EE

#B3A8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.100 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A8EE
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(249, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 18.63, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 38.41, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0358 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.1 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0219, 43.7613, 86.7891)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A8EE #E3EEA8

analogous

#A8C0EE #B3A8EE #D6A8EE

triadic

#B3A8EE #EEB3A8 #A8EEB3

tetradic

#B3A8EE #EEA8C0 #E3EEA8 #A8EED6

square

#B3A8EE #EEA8C0 #E3EEA8 #A8EED6

split-complementary

#B3A8EE #EED6A8 #C0EEA8

monochromatic

#5A42DA #8675E4 #B3A8EE #E0DBF8 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B3A8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B3A8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A8EE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A8EE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.100 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc1f3',
    500: '#b3a8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a8ee;
$custom-light: #cbc1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76636,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A8EE

secondary

#EEF2D9

accent

#CF16B2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A8EE

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

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