#B5A7E5#B5A7E5

#B5A7E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.089 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A7E5
RGB	rgb(181, 167, 229)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 27.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 17.69, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 34.27, 301.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0369 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.089 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0144, 43.1179, 79.9592)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A7E5 #D7E5A7

analogous

#A7B8E5 #B5A7E5 #D4A7E5

triadic

#B5A7E5 #E5B5A7 #A7E5B5

tetradic

#B5A7E5 #E5A7B8 #D7E5A7 #A7E5D4

square

#B5A7E5 #E5A7B8 #D7E5A7 #A7E5D4

split-complementary

#B5A7E5 #E5D4A7 #B8E5A7

monochromatic

#6649C9 #8D78D7 #B5A7E5 #DDD6F3 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#B5A7E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#B5A7E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A7E5

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A7E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A7E5	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a7e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 167, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.089 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc1ed',
    500: '#b5a7e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a7e5;
$custom-light: #ccc1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a7e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76226,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A7E5

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C2249E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A7E5

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

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