#B9AEE9#B9AEE9

#B9AEE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.084 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9AEE9
RGB	rgb(185, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 15.94, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 32.30, 299.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0326 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.084 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8482, 46.4691, 83.4182)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9AEE9 #DEE9AE

analogous

#AEC1E9 #B9AEE9 #D6AEE9

triadic

#B9AEE9 #E9B9AE #AEE9B9

tetradic

#B9AEE9 #E9AEC1 #DEE9AE #AEE9D6

square

#B9AEE9 #E9AEC1 #DEE9AE #AEE9D6

split-complementary

#B9AEE9 #E9D6AE #C1E9AE

monochromatic

#664ECF #8F7EDC #B9AEE9 #E3DEF6 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B9AEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B9AEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9AEE9

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9AEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9AEE9	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9aee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.084 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec6f0',
    500: '#b9aee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9aee9;
$custom-light: #cec6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9aee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78064,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9AEE9

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C521A6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9AEE9

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

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