#BBAEEE#BBAEEE

#BBAEEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.091 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEEE
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(252, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 17.68, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 35.05, 300.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0362 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.091 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0586, 47.0094, 87.2561)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEEE #E1EEAE

analogous

#AEC1EE #BBAEEE #DBAEEE

triadic

#BBAEEE #EEBBAE #AEEEBB

tetradic

#BBAEEE #EEAEC1 #E1EEAE #AEEEDB

square

#BBAEEE #EEAEC1 #E1EEAE #AEEEDB

split-complementary

#BBAEEE #EEDBAE #C1EEAE

monochromatic

#6649D9 #917BE3 #BBAEEE #E5E1F9 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEEE

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEEE	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.091 293.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.188,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78432,
    "c": 0.09083,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEEE

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CD18A8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEEE

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

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