#BBAFDE#BBAFDE

#BBAFDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.067 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFDE
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 222)
HSL	hsl(255, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(255, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 13.57, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 25.91, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.03 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.067 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0055, 46.4984, 75.4864)
Luminance	0.4650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFDE #D2DEAF

analogous

#AFBADE #BBAFDE #D2AFDE

triadic

#BBAFDE #DEBBAF #AFDEBB

tetradic

#BBAFDE #DEAFBA #D2DEAF #AFDED2

square

#BBAFDE #DEAFBA #D2DEAF #AFDED2

split-complementary

#BBAFDE #DED2AF #BADEAF

monochromatic

#7158BA #9684CC #BBAFDE #E0DAF0 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBAFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBAFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFDE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFDE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.067 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6e8',
    500: '#bbafde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafde;
$custom-light: #cfc6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.319,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFDE

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B53193

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFDE

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

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