#B8AEE4#B8AEE4

#B8AEE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.077 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE4
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, 14.51, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 29.58, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.03 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.077 293)
XYZ	xyz(48.9037, 46.0634, 79.6984)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE4 #DAE4AE

analogous

#AEBFE4 #B8AEE4 #D3AEE4

triadic

#B8AEE4 #E4B8AE #AEE4B8

tetradic

#B8AEE4 #E4AEBF #DAE4AE #AEE4D3

square

#B8AEE4 #E4AEBF #DAE4AE #AEE4D3

split-complementary

#B8AEE4 #E4D3AE #BFE4AE

monochromatic

#6852C5 #9080D5 #B8AEE4 #E0DCF3 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8AEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#B8AEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE4

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE4	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.077 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6ec',
    500: '#b8aee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee4;
$custom-light: #cec6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77781,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.46064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE4

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BD28A2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE4

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

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