#BBA2CE#BBA2CE

#BBA2CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.068 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA2CE
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 17.37, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 25.78, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% 0.0439 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.068 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5525, 40.8620, 63.9206)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA2CE #B5CEA2

analogous

#A5A2CE #BBA2CE #CEA2CB

triadic

#BBA2CE #CEBBA2 #A2CEBB

tetradic

#BBA2CE #CEA5A2 #B5CEA2 #A2CBCE

square

#BBA2CE #CEA5A2 #B5CEA2 #A2CBCE

split-complementary

#BBA2CE #CBCEA2 #A2CEA5

monochromatic

#8055A1 #9E7AB9 #BBA2CE #D8CAE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBA2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BBA2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA2CE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA2CE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.068 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbddd',
    500: '#bba2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba2ce;
$custom-light: #cfbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 30.986,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.06781,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA2CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#AA3C6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA2CE

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

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