#BBABD8#BBABD8

#BBABD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.066 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABD8
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(261, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 14.49, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 25.21, 305.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0339 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.066 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4486, 44.6484, 71.0707)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABD8 #C8D8AB

analogous

#ABB1D8 #BBABD8 #D1ABD8

triadic

#BBABD8 #D8BBAB #ABD8BB

tetradic

#BBABD8 #D8ABB1 #C8D8AB #ABD8D1

square

#BBABD8 #D8ABB1 #C8D8AB #ABD8D1

split-complementary

#BBABD8 #D8D1AB #B1D8AB

monochromatic

#7757B1 #9981C5 #BBABD8 #DDD5EB #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABD8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABD8	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.066 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e4',
    500: '#bbabd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabd8;
$custom-light: #cfc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76984,
    "c": 0.06556,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABD8

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AF3684

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABD8

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

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