#B4A5EA#B4A5EA

#B4A5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.099 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A5EA
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 19.66, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 38.13, 301.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.04 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.099 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1253, 42.5536, 83.5568)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A5EA #DBEAA5

analogous

#A5B8EA #B4A5EA #D6A5EA

triadic

#B4A5EA #EAB4A5 #A5EAB4

tetradic

#B4A5EA #EAA5B8 #DBEAA5 #A5EAD6

square

#B4A5EA #EAA5B8 #DBEAA5 #A5EAD6

split-complementary

#B4A5EA #EAD6A5 #B8EAA5

monochromatic

#6142D3 #8B73DE #B4A5EA #DDD7F6 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B4A5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#B4A5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A5EA

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A5EA	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.099 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbff1',
    500: '#b4a5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a5ea;
$custom-light: #cbbff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A5EA

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CA1CA4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A5EA

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

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