#B5A8EA#B5A8EA

#B5A8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.094 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5A8EA
RGB	rgb(181, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(252, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(252, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 18.28, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 36.33, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0369 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.094 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9065, 43.7690, 83.7503)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5A8EA #DDEAA8

analogous

#A8BCEA #B5A8EA #D6A8EA

triadic

#B5A8EA #EAB5A8 #A8EAB5

tetradic

#B5A8EA #EAA8BC #DDEAA8 #A8EAD6

square

#B5A8EA #EAA8BC #DDEAA8 #A8EAD6

split-complementary

#B5A8EA #EAD6A8 #BCEAA8

monochromatic

#6145D2 #8B77DE #B5A8EA #DFD9F6 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B5A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#B5A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5A8EA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5A8EA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.094 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc1f1',
    500: '#b5a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5a8ea;
$custom-light: #ccc1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.818,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76627,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5A8EA

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C91DA7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5A8EA

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

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