#B8AAE7#B8AAE7

#B8AAE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.087 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAE7
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 231)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 17.39, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 33.63, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0366 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.087 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5624, 44.7089, 81.6570)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAE7 #D9E7AA

analogous

#AABAE7 #B8AAE7 #D6AAE7

triadic

#B8AAE7 #E7B8AA #AAE7B8

tetradic

#B8AAE7 #E7AABA #D9E7AA #AAE7D6

square

#B8AAE7 #E7AABA #D9E7AA #AAE7D6

split-complementary

#B8AAE7 #E7D6AA #BAE7AA

monochromatic

#684BCC #907ADA #B8AAE7 #E0DAF4 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B8AAE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#B8AAE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAE7

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAE7	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)

#9CB3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.087 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec3ee',
    500: '#b8aae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aae7;
$custom-light: #cec3ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77132,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAE7

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C3229E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAE7

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

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