#BBA4EE#BBA4EE

#BBA4EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.107 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA4EE
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 31.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 23.22, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 41.20, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0502 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.107 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1982, 43.2885, 86.6359)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA4EE #D7EEA4

analogous

#A4B2EE #BBA4EE #E0A4EE

triadic

#BBA4EE #EEBBA4 #A4EEBB

tetradic

#BBA4EE #EEA4B2 #D7EEA4 #A4EEE0

square

#BBA4EE #EEA4B2 #D7EEA4 #A4EEE0

split-complementary

#BBA4EE #EEE0A4 #B2EEA4

monochromatic

#6E3DDB #9470E4 #BBA4EE #E2D8F8 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBA4EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBA4EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA4EE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA4EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA4EE	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba4ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.107 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bff3',
    500: '#bba4ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba4ee;
$custom-light: #d0bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba4ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.649,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA4EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01596

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA4EE

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

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