#B8AAE4#B8AAE4

#B8AAE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.083 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAE4
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(254, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 16.72, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 32.02, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0357 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.083 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.1424, 44.5409, 79.4447)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAE4 #D6E4AA

analogous

#AAB9E4 #B8AAE4 #D5AAE4

triadic

#B8AAE4 #E4B8AA #AAE4B8

tetradic

#B8AAE4 #E4AAB9 #D6E4AA #AAE4D5

square

#B8AAE4 #E4AAB9 #D6E4AA #AAE4D5

split-complementary

#B8AAE4 #E4D5AA #B9E4AA

monochromatic

#6A4DC6 #917CD5 #B8AAE4 #DFD8F3 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#B8AAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#B8AAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAE4

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAE4	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.083 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec3ec',
    500: '#b8aae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aae4;
$custom-light: #cec3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77009,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAE4

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF269A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAE4

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

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