#BBABC4#BBABC4

#BBABC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.039 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC4
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(278, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, 10.39, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 14.87, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0271 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.039 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0186, 43.6764, 58.2726)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC4 #B4C4AB

analogous

#AFABC4 #BBABC4 #C4ABC1

triadic

#BBABC4 #C4BBAB #ABC4BB

tetradic

#BBABC4 #C4AFAB #B4C4AB #ABC1C4

square

#BBABC4 #C4AFAB #B4C4AB #ABC1C4

split-complementary

#BBABC4 #C1C4AB #ABC4AF

monochromatic

#806590 #9E87AB #BBABC4 #D8CFDD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC4

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC4	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.039 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d5',
    500: '#bbabc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc4;
$custom-light: #cfc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 17.483,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76266,
    "c": 0.03933,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC4

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9C4A67

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC4

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

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