#BBAFE5#BBAFE5

#BBAFE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.077 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFE5
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(253, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, 15.11, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 29.64, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% 0.0322 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.077 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9632, 46.8815, 80.5303)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFE5 #D9E5AF

analogous

#AFBEE5 #BBAFE5 #D6AFE5

triadic

#BBAFE5 #E5BBAF #AFE5BB

tetradic

#BBAFE5 #E5AFBE #D9E5AF #AFE5D6

square

#BBAFE5 #E5AFBE #D9E5AF #AFE5D6

split-complementary

#BBAFE5 #E5D6AF #BEE5AF

monochromatic

#6C53C7 #9481D6 #BBAFE5 #E2DDF4 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBAFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBAFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFE5

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFE5	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.077 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ed',
    500: '#bbafe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafe5;
$custom-light: #d0c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7826,
    "c": 0.07688,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFE5

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE279D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFE5

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

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