#BBABCD#BBABCD

#BBABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.051 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABCD
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(268, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 12.19, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 19.45, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0302 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.051 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0739, 44.0985, 63.8304)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABCD #BDCDAB

analogous

#ABACCD #BBABCD #CCABCD

triadic

#BBABCD #CDBBAB #ABCDBB

tetradic

#BBABCD #CDABAC #BDCDAB #ABCDCC

square

#BBABCD #CDABAC #BDCDAB #ABCDCC

split-complementary

#BBABCD #CDCCAB #ACCDAB

monochromatic

#7D5F9F #9C85B6 #BBABCD #DAD1E4 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABCD

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABCD	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.051 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4dc',
    500: '#bbabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabcd;
$custom-light: #cfc4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.05088,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABCD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A44276

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABCD

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

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