#B8AEE7#B8AEE7

#B8AEE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.081 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE7
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(251, 54%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 15.18, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 31.19, 299.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% 0.0309 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.081 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3237, 46.2314, 81.9108)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE7 #DDE7AE

analogous

#AEC1E7 #B8AEE7 #D5AEE7

triadic

#B8AEE7 #E7B8AE #AEE7B8

tetradic

#B8AEE7 #E7AEC1 #DDE7AE #AEE7D5

square

#B8AEE7 #E7AEC1 #DDE7AE #AEE7D5

split-complementary

#B8AEE7 #E7D5AE #C1E7AE

monochromatic

#6550CB #8F7FD9 #B8AEE7 #E1DDF5 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B8AEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#B8AEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE7

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE7	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.081 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6ee',
    500: '#b8aee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee7;
$custom-light: #cec6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77901,
    "c": 0.08094,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE7

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C224A6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE7

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

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