#BBA8CB#BBA8CB

#BBA8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.053 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8CB
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 13.44, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 20.36, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.034 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.053 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2738, 42.8821, 62.3803)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8CB #B8CBA8

analogous

#A9A8CB #BBA8CB #CBA8CA

triadic

#BBA8CB #CBBBA8 #A8CBBB

tetradic

#BBA8CB #CBA9A8 #B8CBA8 #A8CACB

square

#BBA8CB #CBA9A8 #B8CBA8 #A8CACB

split-complementary

#BBA8CB #CACBA8 #A8CBA9

monochromatic

#7F5D9C #9D82B4 #BBA8CB #D9CEE2 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8CB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8CB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.053 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1da',
    500: '#bba8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8cb;
$custom-light: #cfc1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.05347,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8CB

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4426F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8CB

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

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