#BBAEDD#BBAEDD

#BBAEDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.067 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEDD
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(257, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 13.91, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 25.99, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0311 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.067 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6780, 46.0571, 74.7180)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEDD #D0DDAE

analogous

#AEB8DD #BBAEDD #D3AEDD

triadic

#BBAEDD #DDBBAE #AEDDBB

tetradic

#BBAEDD #DDAEB8 #D0DDAE #AEDDD3

square

#BBAEDD #DDAEB8 #D0DDAE #AEDDD3

split-complementary

#BBAEDD #DDD3AE #B8DDAE

monochromatic

#7358B9 #9783CB #BBAEDD #DFD9EF #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BBAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEDD

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEDD	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.067 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6e7',
    500: '#bbaedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaedd;
$custom-light: #cfc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77755,
    "c": 0.06748,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEDD

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B43290

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEDD

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

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