#BBA7CD#BBA7CD

#BBA7CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.058 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA7CD
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 14.40, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 22.03, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0362 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.058 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3297, 42.6103, 63.5823)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA7CD #B9CDA7

analogous

#A8A7CD #BBA7CD #CDA7CC

triadic

#BBA7CD #CDBBA7 #A7CDBB

tetradic

#BBA7CD #CDA8A7 #B9CDA7 #A7CCCD

square

#BBA7CD #CDA8A7 #B9CDA7 #A7CCCD

split-complementary

#BBA7CD #CCCDA7 #A7CDA8

monochromatic

#7F5A9F #9D80B7 #BBA7CD #D9CEE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBA7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BBA7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA7CD

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA7CD	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.058 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1dc',
    500: '#bba7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba7cd;
$custom-light: #cfc1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 27.536,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.758,
    "c": 0.05779,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA7CD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A63F70

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA7CD

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

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