#B8AAEE#B8AAEE

#B8AAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.097 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AAEE
RGB	rgb(184, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(252, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, 19.00, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 37.37, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% 0.0385 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.097 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5709, 45.1123, 86.9683)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AAEE #E0EEAA

analogous

#AABEEE #B8AAEE #DAAAEE

triadic

#B8AAEE #EEB8AA #AAEEB8

tetradic

#B8AAEE #EEAABE #E0EEAA #AAEEDA

square

#B8AAEE #EEAABE #E0EEAA #AAEEDA

split-complementary

#B8AAEE #EEDAAA #BEEEAA

monochromatic

#6344DA #8D77E4 #B8AAEE #E3DDF8 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B8AAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#B8AAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AAEE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AAEE	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.097 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec3f3',
    500: '#b8aaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aaee;
$custom-light: #cec3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.353,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77425,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AAEE

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17A9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AAEE

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

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