#B8AEE9#B8AEE9

#B8AEE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.084 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8AEE9
RGB	rgb(184, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(250, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 15.63, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 32.26, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0315 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.084 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6078, 46.3451, 83.4069)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8AEE9 #DFE9AE

analogous

#AEC2E9 #B8AEE9 #D5AEE9

triadic

#B8AEE9 #E9B8AE #AEE9B8

tetradic

#B8AEE9 #E9AEC2 #DFE9AE #AEE9D5

square

#B8AEE9 #E9AEC2 #DFE9AE #AEE9D5

split-complementary

#B8AEE9 #E9D5AE #C2E9AE

monochromatic

#644ECF #8E7EDC #B8AEE9 #E2DEF6 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#B8AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8AEE9

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8AEE9	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB8C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.084 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6f0',
    500: '#b8aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8aee9;
$custom-light: #cec6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.169,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77982,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8AEE9

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C521A9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8AEE9

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

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