#BBAAED#BBAAED

#BBAAED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.096 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAAED
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 19.67, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 36.96, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.0415 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.096 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1509, 45.4283, 86.2307)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAAED #DCEDAA

analogous

#AABBED #BBAAED #DDAAED

triadic

#BBAAED #EDBBAA #AAEDBB

tetradic

#BBAAED #EDAABB #DCEDAA #AAEDDD

square

#BBAAED #EDAABB #DCEDAA #AAEDDD

split-complementary

#BBAAED #EDDDAA #BBEDAA

monochromatic

#6A45D8 #9377E2 #BBAAED #E3DDF8 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBAAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BBAAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAAED

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAAED	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaaed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.096 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3f3',
    500: '#bbaaed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaaed;
$custom-light: #d0c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaaed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.224,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77631,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAAED

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CD199F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAAED

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

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