#BBA7CC#BBA7CC

#BBA7CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.057 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA7CC
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 204)
HSL	hsl(272, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 14.19, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 21.52, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0358 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.057 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2094, 42.5621, 62.9487)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA7CC #B8CCA7

analogous

#A8A7CC #BBA7CC #CCA7CB

triadic

#BBA7CC #CCBBA7 #A7CCBB

tetradic

#BBA7CC #CCA8A7 #B8CCA7 #A7CBCC

square

#BBA7CC #CCA8A7 #B8CCA7 #A7CBCC

split-complementary

#BBA7CC #CBCCA7 #A7CCA8

monochromatic

#7F5B9D #9D80B6 #BBA7CC #D9CEE2 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBA7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBA7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA7CC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA7CC	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.057 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1db',
    500: '#bba7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba7cc;
$custom-light: #cfc1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 26.619,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.0565,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA7CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A5406F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA7CC

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

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