#BBABC8#BBABC8

#BBABC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.044 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC8
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(273, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 11.18, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 16.88, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0285 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.044 310)
XYZ	xyz(45.4800, 43.8610, 60.7024)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC8 #B8C8AB

analogous

#ACABC8 #BBABC8 #C8ABC6

triadic

#BBABC8 #C8BBAB #ABC8BB

tetradic

#BBABC8 #C8ACAB #B8C8AB #ABC6C8

square

#BBABC8 #C8ACAB #B8C8AB #ABC6C8

split-complementary

#BBABC8 #C6C8AB #ABC8AC

monochromatic

#7F6296 #9D86B0 #BBABC8 #D9D0E0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC8

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC8	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.044 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d8',
    500: '#bbabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc8;
$custom-light: #cfc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76404,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.43861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F466E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC8

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

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