#B5A4EC#B5A4EC

#B5A4EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.103 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A4EC
RGB	rgb(181, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(254, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 20.98, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 39.86, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.043 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.103 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4683, 42.4303, 85.0296)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A4EC #DBECA4

analogous

#A4B7EC #B5A4EC #D9A4EC

triadic

#B5A4EC #ECB5A4 #A4ECB5

tetradic

#B5A4EC #ECA4B7 #DBECA4 #A4ECD9

square

#B5A4EC #ECA4B7 #DBECA4 #A4ECD9

split-complementary

#B5A4EC #ECD9A4 #B7ECA4

monochromatic

#633FD7 #8C71E1 #B5A4EC #DED7F7 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#B5A4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#B5A4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A4EC

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A4EC	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92AFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.103 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbff2',
    500: '#b5a4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a4ec;
$custom-light: #ccbff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75955,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A4EC

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CD18A3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A4EC

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

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