#BBA5CD#BBA5CD

#BBA5CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.061 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA5CD
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 15.50, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 23.32, 311.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0391 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.061 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9662, 41.8831, 63.4612)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA5CD #B7CDA5

analogous

#A7A5CD #BBA5CD #CDA5CB

triadic

#BBA5CD #CDBBA5 #A5CDBB

tetradic

#BBA5CD #CDA7A5 #B7CDA5 #A5CBCD

square

#BBA5CD #CDA7A5 #B7CDA5 #A5CBCD

split-complementary

#BBA5CD #CBCDA5 #A5CDA7

monochromatic

#7F589F #9D7EB7 #BBA5CD #D9CCE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA5CD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA5CD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.061 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfdc',
    500: '#bba5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba5cd;
$custom-light: #cfbfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75414,
    "c": 0.06128,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA5CD

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A73E6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA5CD

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

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