#BBADE5#BBADE5

#BBADE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.080 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADE5
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, 16.21, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 30.86, 301.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.035 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.08 296)
XYZ	xyz(49.5769, 46.1087, 80.4015)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADE5 #D7E5AD

analogous

#ADBBE5 #BBADE5 #D7ADE5

triadic

#BBADE5 #E5BBAD #ADE5BB

tetradic

#BBADE5 #E5ADBB #D7E5AD #ADE5D7

square

#BBADE5 #E5ADBB #D7E5AD #ADE5D7

split-complementary

#BBADE5 #E5D7AD #BBE5AD

monochromatic

#6E50C8 #947FD6 #BBADE5 #E2DBF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADE5

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADE5	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.080 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ed',
    500: '#bbade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbade5;
$custom-light: #d0c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.08003,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.46109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADE5

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2699

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADE5

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

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