#BBA4E8#BBA4E8

#BBA4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.099 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA4E8
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 21.86, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 38.04, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0487 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.099 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3313, 42.9417, 82.0706)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA4E8 #D1E8A4

analogous

#A4AFE8 #BBA4E8 #DDA4E8

triadic

#BBA4E8 #E8BBA4 #A4E8BB

tetradic

#BBA4E8 #E8A4AF #D1E8A4 #A4E8DD

square

#BBA4E8 #E8A4AF #D1E8A4 #A4E8DD

split-complementary

#BBA4E8 #E8DDA4 #AFE8A4

monochromatic

#7242CF #9673DC #BBA4E8 #E0D5F4 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA4E8

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA4E8	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.099 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfef',
    500: '#bba4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba4e8;
$custom-light: #d0bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76294,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA4E8

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C71E8E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA4E8

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

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