Light violet
#BBC1FE
#BBC1FE is a light violet with medium intensity, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 10.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.7:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#BBC1FE shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #BBC1FE kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F5F6FF
- 100 E7EAFF
- 200 D1D6FF
- 300 BBC1FE
- 400 989ED7
- 500 7D82BB
- 600 64679E
- 700 4D5082
- 800 383A67
- 900 25264C
- 950 141432
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-violet-50: #f5f6ff; --color-violet-100: #e7eaff; --color-violet-200: #d1d6ff; --color-violet-300: #bbc1fe; --color-violet-400: #989ed7; --color-violet-500: #7d82bb; --color-violet-600: #64679e; --color-violet-700: #4d5082; --color-violet-800: #383a67; --color-violet-900: #25264c; --color-violet-950: #141432;}Is #BBC1FE readable?
Contrast for text on #BBC1FE and for #BBC1FE 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 · 1.7APCA Lc 35 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 72 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #6E72AA · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.7APCA Lc 31 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 10.9APCA Lc 71 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #BBC1FE
Six palettes built around #BBC1FE, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#BBC1FE · #BB88DF · #4C9FEC · #FFCBEB · #1E2028
- Complementary#BBC1FE · #CAB04A · #D4B742 · #D4DEFF · #282A33
- Split complementary#BBC1FE · #DDA648 · #95C262 · #D6D7FF · #242735
- Triadic#BBC1FE · #D97740 · #48CA9F · #E8E8FF · #26272D
- Tetradic#BBC1FE · #C0657D · #D2AE00 · #A1FFF0 · #272631
- Monochromatic#BBC1FE · #8699F3 · #8E8FFB · #C8D4FF · #2A2A32
#BBC1FE as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #BBC1FE looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F5F6FF
- Brand 100, #E7EAFF
- Brand 200, #D1D6FF
- Brand 300, #BBC1FE
- Brand 400, #989ED7
- Brand 500, #7D82BB
- Brand 600, #64679E
- Brand 700, #4D5082
- Brand 800, #383A67
- Brand 900, #25264C
- Brand 950, #141432
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FAFAFB
- Neutral 100, #F4F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E4E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D3D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9FA0A8
- Neutral 500, #71737B
- Neutral 600, #52535C
- 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 11.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 11.5:1.
- 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 #BBC1FE
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