#B9ABE9#B9ABE9

#B9ABE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.088 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ABE9
RGB	rgb(185, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, 17.60, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 34.13, 301.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0368 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.088 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2751, 45.3229, 83.2272)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ABE9 #DBE9AB

analogous

#ABBCE9 #B9ABE9 #D8ABE9

triadic

#B9ABE9 #E9B9AB #ABE9B9

tetradic

#B9ABE9 #E9ABBC #DBE9AB #ABE9D8

square

#B9ABE9 #E9ABBC #DBE9AB #ABE9D8

split-complementary

#B9ABE9 #E9D8AB #BCE9AB

monochromatic

#684AD0 #917BDC #B9ABE9 #E1DBF6 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B9ABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#B9ABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ABE9

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ABE9	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9abe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.088 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec4f0',
    500: '#b9abe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9abe9;
$custom-light: #cec4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9abe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77488,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ABE9

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C61FA0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ABE9

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

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