#B8AEE6#B8AEE6

#B8AEE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.080 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE6
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 14.96, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 30.66, 299.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0306 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.08 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1829, 46.1751, 81.1691)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE6 #DCE6AE

analogous

#AEC0E6 #B8AEE6 #D4AEE6

triadic

#B8AEE6 #E6B8AE #AEE6B8

tetradic

#B8AEE6 #E6AEC0 #DCE6AE #AEE6D4

square

#B8AEE6 #E6AEC0 #DCE6AE #AEE6D4

split-complementary

#B8AEE6 #E6D4AE #C0E6AE

monochromatic

#6650C9 #8F7FD8 #B8AEE6 #E1DDF4 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B8AEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B8AEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE6

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE6	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.080 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6ee',
    500: '#b8aee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee6;
$custom-light: #cec6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77861,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE6

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C025A5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE6

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

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