#BBABD5#BBABD5

#BBABD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.062 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABD5
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 213)
HSL	hsl(263, 33%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 20%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 13.85, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 23.63, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.0329 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.062 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0643, 44.4947, 69.0468)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABD5 #C5D5AB

analogous

#ABB0D5 #BBABD5 #D0ABD5

triadic

#BBABD5 #D5BBAB #ABD5BB

tetradic

#BBABD5 #D5ABB0 #C5D5AB #ABD5D0

square

#BBABD5 #D5ABB0 #C5D5AB #ABD5D0

split-complementary

#BBABD5 #D5D0AB #B0D5AB

monochromatic

#7959AC #9A82C1 #BBABD5 #DCD4E9 #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBABD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBABD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABD5

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABD5	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.062 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e2',
    500: '#bbabd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabd5;
$custom-light: #cfc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76871,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABD5

secondary

#E7EBE0

accent

#AC3980

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABD5

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

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