#BBABCC#BBABCC

#BBABCC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.050 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABCC
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 11.99, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 18.93, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0299 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.05 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9536, 44.0504, 63.1967)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABCC #BCCCAB

analogous

#ABABCC #BBABCC #CBABCC

triadic

#BBABCC #CCBBAB #ABCCBB

tetradic

#BBABCC #CCABAB #BCCCAB #ABCCCB

square

#BBABCC #CCABAB #BCCCAB #ABCCCB

split-complementary

#BBABCC #CCCBAB #ABCCAB

monochromatic

#7D5F9D #9C85B5 #BBABCC #DAD1E3 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABCC

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABCC	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.050 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4db',
    500: '#bbabcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabcc;
$custom-light: #cfc4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76544,
    "c": 0.04957,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABCC

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A34374

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABCC

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

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