#B9ABE4#B9ABE4

#B9ABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.082 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ABE4
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 16.47, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 31.46, 301.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0354 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.082 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5710, 45.0412, 79.5187)
Luminance	0.4504 (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

#B9ABE4 #D6E4AB

analogous

#ABB9E4 #B9ABE4 #D5ABE4

triadic

#B9ABE4 #E4B9AB #ABE4B9

tetradic

#B9ABE4 #E4ABB9 #D6E4AB #ABE4D5

square

#B9ABE4 #E4ABB9 #D6E4AB #ABE4D5

split-complementary

#B9ABE4 #E4D5AB #B9E4AB

monochromatic

#6C4EC6 #927DD5 #B9ABE4 #E0D9F3 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B9ABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#B9ABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ABE4

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ABE4	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9abe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.082 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4ec',
    500: '#b9abe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9abe4;
$custom-light: #cec4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9abe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77285,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ABE4

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2799

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ABE4

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

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