#BBABC5#BBABC5

#BBABC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.041 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC5
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 10.59, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 15.37, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0275 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.041 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1328, 43.7221, 58.8741)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC5 #B5C5AB

analogous

#AEABC5 #BBABC5 #C5ABC2

triadic

#BBABC5 #C5BBAB #ABC5BB

tetradic

#BBABC5 #C5AEAB #B5C5AB #ABC2C5

square

#BBABC5 #C5AEAB #B5C5AB #ABC2C5

split-complementary

#BBABC5 #C2C5AB #ABC5AE

monochromatic

#806491 #9E87AC #BBABC5 #D8CFDE #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC5

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC5	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)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.041 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d6',
    500: '#bbabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc5;
$custom-light: #cfc4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.04057,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC5

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D4969

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC5

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

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