#BBABC6#BBABC6

#BBABC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.042 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC6
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 10.79, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 15.87, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0278 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.042 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2478, 43.7681, 59.4795)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC6 #B6C6AB

analogous

#AEABC6 #BBABC6 #C6ABC3

triadic

#BBABC6 #C6BBAB #ABC6BB

tetradic

#BBABC6 #C6AEAB #B6C6AB #ABC3C6

square

#BBABC6 #C6AEAB #B6C6AB #ABC3C6

split-complementary

#BBABC6 #C3C6AB #ABC6AE

monochromatic

#806493 #9D87AD #BBABC6 #D9CFDF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC6

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC6	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.042 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d7',
    500: '#bbabc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc6;
$custom-light: #cfc4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.04184,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D486B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC6

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

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