#B5A6EA#B5A6EA

#B5A6EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.097 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A6EA
RGB	rgb(181, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 19.40, -32.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 37.56, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0397 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.097 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5401, 43.0362, 83.6281)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A6EA #DBEAA6

analogous

#A6B9EA #B5A6EA #D7A6EA

triadic

#B5A6EA #EAB5A6 #A6EAB5

tetradic

#B5A6EA #EAA6B9 #DBEAA6 #A6EAD7

square

#B5A6EA #EAA6B9 #DBEAA6 #A6EAD7

split-complementary

#B5A6EA #EAD7A6 #B9EAA6

monochromatic

#6343D3 #8C74DE #B5A6EA #DED8F6 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#B5A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#B5A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A6EA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A6EA	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.097 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc0f1',
    500: '#b5a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a6ea;
$custom-light: #ccc0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76247,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A6EA

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CA1CA3

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A6EA

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

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