#BBAAE9#BBAAE9

#BBAAE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.090 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAAE9
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 233)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 27%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 18.76, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 34.84, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0404 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.09 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5730, 45.1971, 83.1872)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAAE9 #D8E9AA

analogous

#AAB9E9 #BBAAE9 #DBAAE9

triadic

#BBAAE9 #E9BBAA #AAE9BB

tetradic

#BBAAE9 #E9AAB9 #D8E9AA #AAE9DB

square

#BBAAE9 #E9AAB9 #D8E9AA #AAE9DB

split-complementary

#BBAAE9 #E9DBAA #B9E9AA

monochromatic

#6D49D0 #9479DC #BBAAE9 #E2DBF6 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAAE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBAAE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAAE9

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAAE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAAE9	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.090 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3f0',
    500: '#bbaae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaae9;
$custom-light: #d0c3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.19,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77465,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAAE9

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C71F99

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAAE9

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

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