#BBABC9#BBABC9

#BBABC9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.046 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC9
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 22%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 11.38, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 17.39, 310.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% 0.0289 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.046 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5972, 43.9079, 61.3200)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC9 #B9C9AB

analogous

#ACABC9 #BBABC9 #C9ABC8

triadic

#BBABC9 #C9BBAB #ABC9BB

tetradic

#BBABC9 #C9ACAB #B9C9AB #ABC8C9

square

#BBABC9 #C9ACAB #B9C9AB #ABC8C9

split-complementary

#BBABC9 #C8C9AB #ABC9AC

monochromatic

#7F6298 #9D86B1 #BBABC9 #D9D0E1 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BBABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC9

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC9	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.046 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d9',
    500: '#bbabc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc9;
$custom-light: #cfc4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76438,
    "c": 0.04567,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC9

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#A04570

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC9

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

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