#BBABD7#BBABD7

#BBABD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.064 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABD7
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 215)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 20%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 20.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, 14.28, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 24.68, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% 0.0336 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.064 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3198, 44.5969, 70.3919)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABD7 #C7D7AB

analogous

#ABB1D7 #BBABD7 #D1ABD7

triadic

#BBABD7 #D7BBAB #ABD7BB

tetradic

#BBABD7 #D7ABB1 #C7D7AB #ABD7D1

square

#BBABD7 #D7ABB1 #C7D7AB #ABD7D1

split-complementary

#BBABD7 #D7D1AB #B1D7AB

monochromatic

#7858B0 #9982C3 #BBABD7 #DDD4EB #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBABD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBABD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABD7

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABD7	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.064 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e3',
    500: '#bbabd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabd7;
$custom-light: #cfc4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76946,
    "c": 0.06421,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABD7

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AE3783

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABD7

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

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