Information about #BBAED1 color

#BBAED1 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BBAED1 falls into the Violet Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(187, 174, 209) — 73.3% red, 68.2% green, 82% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 14 / 0 / 18. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#BBAED1 is a mildly saturated violet that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Moon Raker (#C0B2D7). Slightly further away sit Soft Violet (#BBB5D8) and Cayleigh (#C4A9D0).

In RGB terms — rgb(187, 174, 209) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BBAED1: 10.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for white. No one has named #BBAED1 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BBAED1 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BBAED1 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BBAED1 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BBAED1 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BBAED1 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BBAED1 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#ADB2D1
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BBAED1

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Moon Raker color link
Moon Raker

#C0B2D7

Soft Violet color link
Soft Violet

#BBB5D8

Cayleigh color link
Cayleigh

#C4A9D0

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Perfume color link
Perfume

#C2A9DB

Lavender Grey color link
Lavender Grey

#BDBBD7

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

Prelude color link
Prelude

#CAB4D4

Morepork color link
Morepork

#B8B5C2

Melrose color link
Melrose

#C3B9DD

#BBAED1 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BBAED1
  • RGB187, 174, 209
  • CMYK9, 14, 0, 18
  • CSSrgb(187, 174, 209)
  • HSL262°, 28%, 75%
  • HSL Precise262.286°, 27.559%, 75.098%
  • HSV262°, 17%, 82%
  • HSB262°, 17%, 82%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.820
  • GLSLvec3(0.733, 0.682, 0.820)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.733, 0.682, 0.820, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.733, 0.682, 0.820)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB82%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBBAED1
  • DECIMAL ID12299985
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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