#B5ADD9#B5ADD9

#B5ADD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.063 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ADD9
RGB	rgb(181, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(251, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 11.68, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 24.16, 298.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0247 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.063 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5213, 44.7203, 71.8131)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ADD9 #D1D9AD

analogous

#ADBBD9 #B5ADD9 #CBADD9

triadic

#B5ADD9 #D9B5AD #ADD9B5

tetradic

#B5ADD9 #D9ADBB #D1D9AD #ADD9CB

square

#B5ADD9 #D9ADBB #D1D9AD #ADD9CB

split-complementary

#B5ADD9 #D9CBAD #BBD9AD

monochromatic

#6A59B2 #8F83C6 #B5ADD9 #DBD7EC #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B5ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B5ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ADD9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ADD9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.063 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc5e4',
    500: '#b5add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5add9;
$custom-light: #cbc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76913,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ADD9

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B03699

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ADD9

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

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