#BBA8EA#BBA8EA

#BBA8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.095 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8EA
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 20.10, -30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 36.60, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0436 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.095 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3442, 44.5103, 83.8177)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8EA #D7EAA8

analogous

#A8B6EA #BBA8EA #DCA8EA

triadic

#BBA8EA #EABBA8 #A8EABB

tetradic

#BBA8EA #EAA8B6 #D7EAA8 #A8EADC

square

#BBA8EA #EAA8B6 #D7EAA8 #A8EADC

split-complementary

#BBA8EA #EADCA8 #B6EAA8

monochromatic

#6E45D2 #9477DE #BBA8EA #E2D9F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8EA

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8EA	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.095 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2f1',
    500: '#bba8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8ea;
$custom-light: #d0c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77128,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8EA

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C91D97

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8EA

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

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