#B8AAE2#B8AAE2

#B8AAE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.080 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAE2
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 16.27, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 30.96, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0351 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.08 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8663, 44.4305, 77.9909)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAE2 #D4E2AA

analogous

#AAB8E2 #B8AAE2 #D4AAE2

triadic

#B8AAE2 #E2B8AA #AAE2B8

tetradic

#B8AAE2 #E2AAB8 #D4E2AA #AAE2D4

square

#B8AAE2 #E2AAB8 #D4E2AA #AAE2D4

split-complementary

#B8AAE2 #E2D4AA #B8E2AA

monochromatic

#6C4FC3 #927CD2 #B8AAE2 #DED8F2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#B8AAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAE2

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAE2	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.080 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec3eb',
    500: '#b8aae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aae2;
$custom-light: #cec3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.08027,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAE2

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2998

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAE2

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

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