#B9ABE1#B9ABE1

#B9ABE1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.077 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ABE1
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 15.81, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 29.86, 301.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0345 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.077 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1582, 44.8761, 77.3444)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ABE1 #D3E1AB

analogous

#ABB8E1 #B9ABE1 #D4ABE1

triadic

#B9ABE1 #E1B9AB #ABE1B9

tetradic

#B9ABE1 #E1ABB8 #D3E1AB #ABE1D4

square

#B9ABE1 #E1ABB8 #D3E1AB #ABE1D4

split-complementary

#B9ABE1 #E1D4AB #B8E1AB

monochromatic

#6E51C1 #937ED1 #B9ABE1 #DFD8F1 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#B9ABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#B9ABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ABE1

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ABE1	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9abe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.077 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4ea',
    500: '#b9abe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9abe1;
$custom-light: #cec4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9abe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77165,
    "c": 0.07744,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ABE1

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2B95

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ABE1

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

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