#BBAAEE#BBAAEE

#BBAAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.097 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAAEE
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(255, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 19.89, -31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 37.49, 302.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.0418 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.097 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2974, 45.4869, 87.0023)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAAEE #DDEEAA

analogous

#AABBEE #BBAAEE #DDAAEE

triadic

#BBAAEE #EEBBAA #AAEEBB

tetradic

#BBAAEE #EEAABB #DDEEAA #AAEEDD

square

#BBAAEE #EEAABB #DDEEAA #AAEEDD

split-complementary

#BBAAEE #EEDDAA #BBEEAA

monochromatic

#6944DA #9277E4 #BBAAEE #E4DDF8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBAAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBAAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAAEE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAAEE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.097 295.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77674,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAAEE

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CF17A1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAAEE

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

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