#BBAEEC#BBAEEC

#BBAEEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.088 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEEC
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 236)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 26.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, 17.23, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 33.98, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0357 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.088 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7664, 46.8925, 85.7172)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEEC #DFECAE

analogous

#AEC0EC #BBAEEC #DAAEEC

triadic

#BBAEEC #ECBBAE #AEECBB

tetradic

#BBAEEC #ECAEC0 #DFECAE #AEECDA

square

#BBAEEC #ECAEC0 #DFECAE #AEECDA

split-complementary

#BBAEEC #ECDAAE #C0ECAE

monochromatic

#684BD5 #917CE0 #BBAEEC #E5E0F8 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBAEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBAEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEEC

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEEC	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.088 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6f2',
    500: '#bbaeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeec;
$custom-light: #d0c6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.581,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7835,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEEC

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CA1CA5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEEC

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

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