#B5A4E8#B5A4E8

#B5A4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.098 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A4E8
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 20.05, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 37.72, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.042 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.098 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8937, 42.2004, 82.0032)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A4E8 #D7E8A4

analogous

#A4B5E8 #B5A4E8 #D7A4E8

triadic

#B5A4E8 #E8B5A4 #A4E8B5

tetradic

#B5A4E8 #E8A4B5 #D7E8A4 #A4E8D7

square

#B5A4E8 #E8A4B5 #D7E8A4 #A4E8D7

split-complementary

#B5A4E8 #E8D7A4 #B5E8A4

monochromatic

#6642CF #8D73DC #B5A4E8 #DDD5F4 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B5A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B5A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A4E8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A4E8	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.098 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbfef',
    500: '#b5a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a4e8;
$custom-light: #ccbfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75782,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A4E8

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C71E9D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A4E8

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

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