#BBA5EA#BBA5EA

#BBA5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.100 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA5EA
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 21.76, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 38.47, 304.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0478 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.1 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7967, 43.4153, 83.6352)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA5EA #D4EAA5

analogous

#A5B1EA #BBA5EA #DDA5EA

triadic

#BBA5EA #EABBA5 #A5EABB

tetradic

#BBA5EA #EAA5B1 #D4EAA5 #A5EADD

square

#BBA5EA #EAA5B1 #D4EAA5 #A5EADD

split-complementary

#BBA5EA #EADDA5 #B1EAA5

monochromatic

#7042D3 #9673DE #BBA5EA #E0D7F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBA5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBA5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA5EA

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA5EA	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.100 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bff1',
    500: '#bba5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba5ea;
$custom-light: #d0bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76565,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA5EA

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CA1C92

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA5EA

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

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