#B4AAEE#B4AAEE

#B4AAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.097 H 290.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AAEE
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(249, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(249, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, 17.81, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 37.23, 298.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0341 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.097 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6260, 44.6251, 86.9240)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AAEE #E4EEAA

analogous

#AAC2EE #B4AAEE #D6AAEE

triadic

#B4AAEE #EEB4AA #AAEEB4

tetradic

#B4AAEE #EEAAC2 #E4EEAA #AAEED6

square

#B4AAEE #EEAAC2 #E4EEAA #AAEED6

split-complementary

#B4AAEE #EED6AA #C2EEAA

monochromatic

#5A44DA #8777E4 #B4AAEE #E1DDF8 #E9E5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B4AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#B4AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AAEE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AAEE	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.097 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3f3',
    500: '#b4aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aaee;
$custom-light: #cbc3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.824,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AAEE

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CF17B4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AAEE

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

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