Light violet
#BBBEEF
#BBBEEF is a light violet with low intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.5:1. On white it reaches only 1.8:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BBBEEF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BBBEEF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F5F6FF
- 100 E7E9FF
- 200 D2D5FE
- 300 BBBEEF
- 400 9C9ECC
- 500 8183B1
- 600 676894
- 700 4F5179
- 800 3B3B5F
- 900 272746
- 950 15152D
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f5f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e7e9ff; --color-violet-200: #d2d5fe; --color-violet-300: #bbbeef; --color-violet-400: #9c9ecc; --color-violet-500: #8183b1; --color-violet-600: #676894; --color-violet-700: #4f5179; --color-violet-800: #3b3b5f; --color-violet-900: #272746; --color-violet-950: #15152d;}Is #BBBEEF readable?
Contrast for text on #BBBEEF and for #BBBEEF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 37 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.5APCA Lc 70 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #7173A0 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.8APCA Lc 33 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.5APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BBBEEF
Six palettes built around #BBBEEF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BBBEEF · #9F78C3 · #85B9FF · #F8C9E4 · #20202B
- Complementary#BBBEEF · #C3B16C · #CFAF21 · #DCE2FF · #242534
- Split complementary#BBBEEF · #B17632 · #8AC667 · #E2E6FF · #1E202C
- Triadic#BBBEEF · #CB774E · #00BD7B · #D3D8FF · #22232D
- Tetradic#BBBEEF · #E26A78 · #D4B541 · #A1F5E9 · #31313E
- Monochromatic#BBBEEF · #817DC8 · #A3AAFF · #E6E7FF · #25262F
#BBBEEF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BBBEEF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F5F6FF
- Brand 100, #E7E9FF
- Brand 200, #D2D5FE
- Brand 300, #BBBEEF
- Brand 400, #9C9ECC
- Brand 500, #8183B1
- Brand 600, #676894
- Brand 700, #4F5179
- Brand 800, #3B3B5F
- Brand 900, #272746
- Brand 950, #15152D
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9FA0A8
- Neutral 500, #72727B
- Neutral 600, #53535C
- Neutral 700, #3F4047
- Neutral 800, #27272E
- Neutral 900, #17171D
- Neutral 950, #090A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #EDA756
- Warning 400, #D69344
- Warning 500, #B9771D
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #F77575
- Danger 500, #D45154
- Danger 600, #B93A40
- Danger 700, #991F2A
- Danger 800, #7B0419
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F2F7FF
- Info 100, #DFEDFF
- Info 200, #C0DCFF
- Info 300, #93C3FF
- Info 400, #70A6EB
- Info 500, #5188CD
- Info 600, #396EB0
- Info 700, #235693
- Info 800, #103F76
- Info 900, #012A59
- Info 950, #001737
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 11.0:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.0:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #BBBEEF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.