#BBAFDD#BBAFDD

#BBAFDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.066 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFDD
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 221)
HSL	hsl(256, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 13.36, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 25.37, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.0297 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.066 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8719, 46.4450, 74.7826)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFDD #D1DDAF

analogous

#AFBADD #BBAFDD #D2AFDD

triadic

#BBAFDD #DDBBAF #AFDDBB

tetradic

#BBAFDD #DDAFBA #D1DDAF #AFDDD2

square

#BBAFDD #DDAFBA #D1DDAF #AFDDD2

split-complementary

#BBAFDD #DDD2AF #BADDAF

monochromatic

#7259B8 #9684CB #BBAFDD #E0DAEF #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBAFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBAFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFDD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFDD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.066 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6e7',
    500: '#bbafdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafdd;
$custom-light: #cfc6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 40.351,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7795,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFDD

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B33292

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFDD

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

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