#BBAEE2#BBAEE2

#BBAEE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.074 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEE2
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(255, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 15.00, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 28.65, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.0327 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.074 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3541, 46.3276, 78.2787)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEE2 #D5E2AE

analogous

#AEBBE2 #BBAEE2 #D5AEE2

triadic

#BBAEE2 #E2BBAE #AEE2BB

tetradic

#BBAEE2 #E2AEBB #D5E2AE #AEE2D5

square

#BBAEE2 #E2AEBB #D5E2AE #AEE2D5

split-complementary

#BBAEE2 #E2D5AE #BBE2AE

monochromatic

#6F54C2 #9581D2 #BBAEE2 #E1DBF2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEE2

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEE2	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.074 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6eb',
    500: '#bbaee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaee2;
$custom-light: #d0c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77949,
    "c": 0.07434,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEE2

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BB2B97

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEE2

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

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