#BBAEED#BBAEED

#BBAEED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.089 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEED
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 237)
HSL	hsl(252, 64%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, 17.45, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 34.51, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.036 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.089 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9121, 46.9508, 86.4845)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEED #E0EDAE

analogous

#AEC0ED #BBAEED #DAAEED

triadic

#BBAEED #EDBBAE #AEEDBB

tetradic

#BBAEED #EDAEC0 #E0EDAE #AEEDDA

square

#BBAEED #EDAEC0 #E0EDAE #AEEDDA

split-complementary

#BBAEED #EDDAAE #C0EDAE

monochromatic

#674AD7 #917CE2 #BBAEED #E5E0F8 #EAE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBAEED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBAEED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEED

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEED	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.089 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6f3',
    500: '#bbaeed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeed;
$custom-light: #d0c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.381,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEED

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CB1AA7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEED

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

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