#BBADE6#BBADE6

#BBADE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.081 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADE6
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 24.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 16.43, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 31.39, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% 0.0353 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.081 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7169, 46.1648, 81.1390)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADE6 #D8E6AD

analogous

#ADBCE6 #BBADE6 #D8ADE6

triadic

#BBADE6 #E6BBAD #ADE6BB

tetradic

#BBADE6 #E6ADBC #D8E6AD #ADE6D8

square

#BBADE6 #E6ADBC #D8E6AD #ADE6D8

split-complementary

#BBADE6 #E6D8AD #BCE6AD

monochromatic

#6D4FC9 #947ED8 #BBADE6 #E2DCF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBADE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BBADE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADE6

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADE6	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbade6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.081 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ee',
    500: '#bbade6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbade6;
$custom-light: #d0c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbade6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.737,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77915,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADE6

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C1259A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADE6

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

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