#B3AAEE#B3AAEE

#B3AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.097 H 290.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AAEE
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(248, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(248, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 17.51, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 37.21, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.033 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.097 290)
XYZ	xyz(48.3940, 44.5054, 86.9131)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AAEE #E5EEAA

analogous

#AAC3EE #B3AAEE #D5AAEE

triadic

#B3AAEE #EEB3AA #AAEEB3

tetradic

#B3AAEE #EEAAC3 #E5EEAA #AAEED5

square

#B3AAEE #EEAAC3 #E5EEAA #AAEED5

split-complementary

#B3AAEE #EED5AA #C3EEAA

monochromatic

#5844DA #8577E4 #B3AAEE #E1DDF8 #E8E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B3AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B3AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AAEE

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AAEE	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.097 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3f3',
    500: '#b3aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aaee;
$custom-light: #cbc3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.44506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AAEE

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CF17B6

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F7FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AAEE

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

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