#BBA4E2#BBA4E2

#BBA4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.091 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA4E2
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 20.53, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 34.88, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.047 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.091 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4936, 42.6066, 77.6586)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA4E2 #CBE2A4

analogous

#A4ACE2 #BBA4E2 #DAA4E2

triadic

#BBA4E2 #E2BBA4 #A4E2BB

tetradic

#BBA4E2 #E2A4AC #CBE2A4 #A4E2DA

square

#BBA4E2 #E2A4AC #CBE2A4 #A4E2DA

split-complementary

#BBA4E2 #E2DAA4 #ACE2A4

monochromatic

#7647C4 #9876D3 #BBA4E2 #DED2F1 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA4E2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA4E2	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.091 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfeb',
    500: '#bba4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba4e2;
$custom-light: #d0bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.258,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA4E2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2686

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA4E2

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

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