#BBA9CD#BBA9CD

#BBA9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.054 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA9CD
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 13.30, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 20.74, 309.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0332 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.054 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.6990, 43.3487, 63.7054)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA9CD #BBCDA9

analogous

#A9A9CD #BBA9CD #CDA9CD

triadic

#BBA9CD #CDBBA9 #A9CDBB

tetradic

#BBA9CD #CDA9A9 #BBCDA9 #A9CDCD

square

#BBA9CD #CDA9A9 #BBCDA9 #A9CDCD

split-complementary

#BBA9CD #CDCDA9 #A9CDA9

monochromatic

#7E5C9F #9C82B6 #BBA9CD #DAD0E3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA9CD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA9CD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9ADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.054 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2dc',
    500: '#bba9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba9cd;
$custom-light: #cfc2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.05433,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA9CD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A54073

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA9CD

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

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