#BBABCE#BBABCE

#BBABCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.052 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABCE
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(267, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 12.40, -15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 19.97, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0306 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.052 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1950, 44.1470, 64.4681)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABCE #BECEAB

analogous

#ABADCE #BBABCE #CDABCE

triadic

#BBABCE #CEBBAB #ABCEBB

tetradic

#BBABCE #CEABAD #BECEAB #ABCECD

square

#BBABCE #CEABAD #BECEAB #ABCECD

split-complementary

#BBABCE #CECDAB #ADCEAB

monochromatic

#7C5EA1 #9C84B7 #BBABCE #DAD2E5 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABCE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABCE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.052 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4dd',
    500: '#bbabce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabce;
$custom-light: #cfc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.429,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76615,
    "c": 0.0522,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABCE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A54177

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABCE

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

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