#BBAEF4#BBAEF4

#BBAEF4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.099 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEF4
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(251, 76%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(251, 29%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 19.06, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 38.24, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0379 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.099 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9548, 47.3679, 91.9761)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEF4 #E7F4AE

analogous

#AEC4F4 #BBAEF4 #DEAEF4

triadic

#BBAEF4 #F4BBAE #AEF4BB

tetradic

#BBAEF4 #F4AEC4 #E7F4AE #AEF4DE

square

#BBAEF4 #F4AEC4 #E7F4AE #AEF4DE

split-complementary

#BBAEF4 #F4DEAE #C4F4AE

monochromatic

#6142E5 #8E78ED #BBAEF4 #E8E4FB #E8E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBAEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBAEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEF4

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEF4	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.099 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6f8',
    500: '#bbaef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaef4;
$custom-light: #d0c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.143,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78684,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEF4

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D80DB3

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEF4

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

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