#BBAEEB#BBAEEB

#BBAEEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.087 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEEB
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 235)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 26%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 17.00, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 33.45, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0354 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.087 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.6216, 46.8346, 84.9542)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEEB #DEEBAE

analogous

#AEBFEB #BBAEEB #D9AEEB

triadic

#BBAEEB #EBBBAE #AEEBBB

tetradic

#BBAEEB #EBAEBF #DEEBAE #AEEBD9

square

#BBAEEB #EBAEBF #DEEBAE #AEEBD9

split-complementary

#BBAEEB #EBD9AE #BFEBAE

monochromatic

#694CD3 #927DDF #BBAEEB #E4DFF7 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBAEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BBAEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEEB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEEB	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.087 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6f1',
    500: '#bbaeeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeeb;
$custom-light: #d0c6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.787,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78309,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEEB

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C81DA4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEEB

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

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