#B5AAE5#B5AAE5

#B5AAE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.084 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AAE5
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 16.02, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 32.43, 299.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0327 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.084 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5704, 44.2298, 80.1445)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AAE5 #DAE5AA

analogous

#AABCE5 #B5AAE5 #D2AAE5

triadic

#B5AAE5 #E5B5AA #AAE5B5

tetradic

#B5AAE5 #E5AABC #DAE5AA #AAE5D2

square

#B5AAE5 #E5AABC #DAE5AA #AAE5D2

split-complementary

#B5AAE5 #E5D2AA #BCE5AA

monochromatic

#634CC8 #8C7BD7 #B5AAE5 #DED9F3 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#B5AAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#B5AAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AAE5

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AAE5	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.084 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc3ed',
    500: '#b5aae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aae5;
$custom-light: #ccc3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76803,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AAE5

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C125A4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AAE5

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

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