#BBABCA#BBABCA

#BBABCA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.047 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABCA
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 23%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 11.59, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 17.91, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0292 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.047 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7152, 43.9551, 61.9415)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABCA #BACAAB

analogous

#ABABCA #BBABCA #CAABC9

triadic

#BBABCA #CABBAB #ABCABB

tetradic

#BBABCA #CAABAB #BACAAB #ABC9CA

square

#BBABCA #CAABAB #BACAAB #ABC9CA

split-complementary

#BBABCA #C9CAAB #ABCAAB

monochromatic

#7E619A #9D85B2 #BBABCA #D9D1E2 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BBABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABCA

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABCA	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.047 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4da',
    500: '#bbabca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabca;
$custom-light: #cfc4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 22.628,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76473,
    "c": 0.04697,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABCA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A14471

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABCA

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

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