#BBA9DB#BBA9DB

#BBA9DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.073 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA9DB
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(262, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 16.23, -22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 28.05, 305.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0377 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.073 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4651, 44.0552, 73.0070)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA9DB #C9DBA9

analogous

#A9B0DB #BBA9DB #D4A9DB

triadic

#BBA9DB #DBBBA9 #A9DBBB

tetradic

#BBA9DB #DBA9B0 #C9DBA9 #A9DBD4

square

#BBA9DB #DBA9B0 #C9DBA9 #A9DBD4

split-complementary

#BBA9DB #DBD4A9 #B0DBA9

monochromatic

#7753B7 #997EC9 #BBA9DB #DDD4ED #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA9DB

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA9DB	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.073 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e6',
    500: '#bba9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba9db;
$custom-light: #d0c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76713,
    "c": 0.07291,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA9DB

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B43185

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA9DB

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

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