#B8AAE3#B8AAE3

#B8AAE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.082 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAE3
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 16.49, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 31.49, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% 0.0354 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.082 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0040, 44.4855, 78.7157)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAE3 #D5E3AA

analogous

#AAB8E3 #B8AAE3 #D4AAE3

triadic

#B8AAE3 #E3B8AA #AAE3B8

tetradic

#B8AAE3 #E3AAB8 #D5E3AA #AAE3D4

square

#B8AAE3 #E3AAB8 #D5E3AA #AAE3D4

split-complementary

#B8AAE3 #E3D4AA #B8E3AA

monochromatic

#6B4EC5 #927CD4 #B8AAE3 #DED8F2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#B8AAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAE3

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAE3	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.082 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec3ec',
    500: '#b8aae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aae3;
$custom-light: #cec3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76969,
    "c": 0.08165,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAE3

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BE2899

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAE3

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

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