#BBAEFB#BBAEFB

#BBAEFB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.109 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEFB
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 251)
HSL	hsl(250, 91%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(250, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 20.70, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 41.97, 299.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% 0.0397 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.109 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0379, 47.8011, 97.6803)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEFB #EEFBAE

analogous

#AEC7FB #BBAEFB #E1AEFB

triadic

#BBAEFB #FBBBAE #AEFBBB

tetradic

#BBAEFB #FBAEC7 #EEFBAE #AEFBE1

square

#BBAEFB #FBAEC7 #EEFBAE #AEFBE1

split-complementary

#BBAEFB #FBE1AE #C7FBAE

monochromatic

#5939F5 #8A74F8 #BBAEFB #E7E2FE #E7E2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBAEFB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBAEFB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEFB

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEFB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEFB	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB9FE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB6F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaefb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 251);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.109 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6fd',
    500: '#bbaefb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaefb;
$custom-light: #d0c6fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaefb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 251
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.13,
    "s": 90.588,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEFB

secondary

#F0F6D5

accent

#E600BF

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEFB

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

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