#B8AEE2#B8AEE2

#B8AEE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.074 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE2
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 14.06, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 28.51, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0294 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.074 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6276, 45.9530, 78.2447)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE2 #D8E2AE

analogous

#AEBEE2 #B8AEE2 #D2AEE2

triadic

#B8AEE2 #E2B8AE #AEE2B8

tetradic

#B8AEE2 #E2AEBE #D8E2AE #AEE2D2

square

#B8AEE2 #E2AEBE #D8E2AE #AEE2D2

split-complementary

#B8AEE2 #E2D2AE #BEE2AE

monochromatic

#6954C2 #9081D2 #B8AEE2 #E0DBF2 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8AEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B8AEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE2

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE2	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.074 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6eb',
    500: '#b8aee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee2;
$custom-light: #cec6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.538,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77702,
    "c": 0.074,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE2

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2B9F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE2

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

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