#B8AEE8#B8AEE8

#B8AEE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.082 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE8
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 15.41, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 31.73, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.0312 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.082 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4654, 46.2881, 82.6567)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE8 #DEE8AE

analogous

#AEC1E8 #B8AEE8 #D5AEE8

triadic

#B8AEE8 #E8B8AE #AEE8B8

tetradic

#B8AEE8 #E8AEC1 #DEE8AE #AEE8D5

square

#B8AEE8 #E8AEC1 #DEE8AE #AEE8D5

split-complementary

#B8AEE8 #E8D5AE #C1E8AE

monochromatic

#644FCD #8E7EDA #B8AEE8 #E2DEF6 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B8AEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B8AEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE8

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE8	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.082 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6ef',
    500: '#b8aee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee8;
$custom-light: #cec6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.345,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77942,
    "c": 0.08233,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE8

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C322A8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE8

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

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