#BBADE8#BBADE8

#BBADE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.084 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADE8
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 232)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 16.88, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 32.46, 301.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.0359 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.084 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9993, 46.2777, 82.6266)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADE8 #DAE8AD

analogous

#ADBDE8 #BBADE8 #D9ADE8

triadic

#BBADE8 #E8BBAD #ADE8BB

tetradic

#BBADE8 #E8ADBD #DAE8AD #ADE8D9

square

#BBADE8 #E8ADBD #DAE8AD #ADE8D9

split-complementary

#BBADE8 #E8D9AD #BDE8AD

monochromatic

#6C4DCD #937DDB #BBADE8 #E3DDF5 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBADE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBADE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADE8

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADE8	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbade8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.084 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ef',
    500: '#bbade8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbade8;
$custom-light: #d0c5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbade8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77995,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADE8

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C4229D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADE8

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

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