#B9ADED#B9ADED

#B9ADED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.091 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9ADED
RGB	rgb(185, 173, 237)
HSL	hsl(251, 64%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 27%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 17.40, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 35.04, 299.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0352 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.091 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2337, 46.3153, 86.3976)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9ADED #E1EDAD

analogous

#ADC1ED #B9ADED #D9ADED

triadic

#B9ADED #EDB9AD #ADEDB9

tetradic

#B9ADED #EDADC1 #E1EDAD #ADEDD9

square

#B9ADED #EDADC1 #E1EDAD #ADEDD9

split-complementary

#B9ADED #EDD9AD #C1EDAD

monochromatic

#6349D7 #8E7BE2 #B9ADED #E4DFF8 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B9ADED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B9ADED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9ADED

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9ADED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9ADED	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)

#9EB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 173, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.091 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5f3',
    500: '#b9aded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aded;
$custom-light: #cfc5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78036,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9ADED

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CC1AAA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9ADED

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

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