#BBADE7#BBADE7

#BBADE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.083 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADE7
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 231)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 25.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, 16.65, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 31.93, 301.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.0356 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.083 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8577, 46.2211, 81.8807)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADE7 #D9E7AD

analogous

#ADBCE7 #BBADE7 #D8ADE7

triadic

#BBADE7 #E7BBAD #ADE7BB

tetradic

#BBADE7 #E7ADBC #D9E7AD #ADE7D8

square

#BBADE7 #E7ADBC #D9E7AD #ADE7D8

split-complementary

#BBADE7 #E7D8AD #BCE7AD

monochromatic

#6C4ECB #947ED9 #BBADE7 #E2DCF5 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBADE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBADE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADE7

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADE7	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B5E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbade7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.083 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ee',
    500: '#bbade7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbade7;
$custom-light: #d0c5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbade7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77955,
    "c": 0.08278,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADE7

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C2239C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADE7

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

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