#BBA0CD#BBA0CD

#BBA0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.070 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA0CD
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 18.27, -19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 26.58, 313.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0466 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.07 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0819, 40.1146, 63.1664)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA0CD #B2CDA0

analogous

#A5A0CD #BBA0CD #CDA0C9

triadic

#BBA0CD #CDBBA0 #A0CDBB

tetradic

#BBA0CD #CDA5A0 #B2CDA0 #A0C9CD

square

#BBA0CD #CDA5A0 #B2CDA0 #A0C9CD

split-complementary

#BBA0CD #C9CDA0 #A0CDA5

monochromatic

#81549F #9E78B8 #BBA0CD #D8C8E2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BBA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BBA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA0CD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA0CD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.070 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbcdc',
    500: '#bba0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba0cd;
$custom-light: #cfbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA0CD

secondary

#E3EADF

accent

#AA3C68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA0CD

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

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