#BBAEEF#BBAEEF

#BBAEEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.092 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEEF
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 239)
HSL	hsl(252, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(252, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, 17.91, -30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 35.58, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0365 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.092 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2060, 47.0683, 88.0320)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEEF #E2EFAE

analogous

#AEC1EF #BBAEEF #DBAEEF

triadic

#BBAEEF #EFBBAE #AEEFBB

tetradic

#BBAEEF #EFAEC1 #E2EFAE #AEEFDB

square

#BBAEEF #EFAEC1 #E2EFAE #AEEFDB

split-complementary

#BBAEEF #EFDBAE #C1EFAE

monochromatic

#6548DB #907BE5 #BBAEEF #E6E1F9 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBAEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBAEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEEF

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEEF	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.092 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6f4',
    500: '#bbaeef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeef;
$custom-light: #d0c6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEEF

secondary

#EDF1DA

accent

#CF17AA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEEF

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

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