#B4AEE9#B4AEE9

#B4AEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.084 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AEE9
RGB	rgb(180, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(246, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(246, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, 14.42, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 32.15, 296.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0272 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.084 289)
XYZ	xyz(48.6629, 45.8579, 83.3626)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AEE9 #E3E9AE

analogous

#AEC5E9 #B4AEE9 #D2AEE9

triadic

#B4AEE9 #E9B4AE #AEE9B4

tetradic

#B4AEE9 #E9AEC5 #E3E9AE #AEE9D2

square

#B4AEE9 #E9AEC5 #E3E9AE #AEE9D2

split-complementary

#B4AEE9 #E9D2AE #C5E9AE

monochromatic

#5B4ECF #877EDC #B4AEE9 #E1DEF6 #E9E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B4AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#B4AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AEE9

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AEE9	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.084 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc6f0',
    500: '#b4aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aee9;
$custom-light: #cbc6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.102,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77661,
    "c": 0.08359,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.45859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AEE9

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C521B4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AEE9

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

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