#BBAAFF#BBAAFF

#BBAAFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.120 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAAFF
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 255)
HSL	hsl(252, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 23.86, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 46.52, 300.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% 0.0461 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.12 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9138, 46.5334, 100.7824)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAAFF #EEFFAA

analogous

#AAC3FF #BBAAFF #E5AAFF

triadic

#BBAAFF #FFBBAA #AAFFBB

tetradic

#BBAAFF #FFAAC3 #EEFFAA #AAFFE5

square

#BBAAFF #FFAAC3 #EEFFAA #AAFFE5

split-complementary

#BBAAFF #FFE5AA #C3FFAA

monochromatic

#5930FF #8A6DFF #BBAAFF #E7E0FF #E7E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBAAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBAAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAAFF

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAAFF	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95B4FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.120 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3ff',
    500: '#bbaaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaaff;
$custom-light: #d1c3ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAAFF

secondary

#F0F7D4

accent

#E600B8

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141218

muted

#828186

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAAFF

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

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