#BBABC7#BBABC7

#BBABC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.043 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC7
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 10.98, -12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 16.38, 312.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0282 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.043 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3635, 43.8144, 60.0890)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC7 #B7C7AB

analogous

#ADABC7 #BBABC7 #C7ABC5

triadic

#BBABC7 #C7BBAB #ABC7BB

tetradic

#BBABC7 #C7ADAB #B7C7AB #ABC5C7

square

#BBABC7 #C7ADAB #B7C7AB #ABC5C7

split-complementary

#BBABC7 #C5C7AB #ABC7AD

monochromatic

#7F6395 #9D86AF #BBABC7 #D9D0DF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC7

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC7	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.043 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d8',
    500: '#bbabc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc7;
$custom-light: #cfc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76369,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC7

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E476D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC7

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

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