#B8AEE3#B8AEE3

#B8AEE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.075 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE3
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 14.28, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 29.05, 299.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0297 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.075 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7652, 46.0081, 78.9694)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE3 #D9E3AE

analogous

#AEBEE3 #B8AEE3 #D2AEE3

triadic

#B8AEE3 #E3B8AE #AEE3B8

tetradic

#B8AEE3 #E3AEBE #D9E3AE #AEE3D2

square

#B8AEE3 #E3AEBE #D9E3AE #AEE3D2

split-complementary

#B8AEE3 #E3D2AE #BEE3AE

monochromatic

#6853C4 #9081D3 #B8AEE3 #E0DBF3 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8AEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#B8AEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE3

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE3	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.075 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6ec',
    500: '#b8aee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee3;
$custom-light: #cec6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77741,
    "c": 0.07539,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE3

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BC2AA0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE3

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

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