#BBABD9#BBABD9

#BBABD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.067 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABD9
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 217)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 21.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 14.70, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 25.73, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% 0.0342 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.067 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5783, 44.7003, 71.7537)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABD9 #C9D9AB

analogous

#ABB2D9 #BBABD9 #D2ABD9

triadic

#BBABD9 #D9BBAB #ABD9BB

tetradic

#BBABD9 #D9ABB2 #C9D9AB #ABD9D2

square

#BBABD9 #D9ABB2 #C9D9AB #ABD9D2

split-complementary

#BBABD9 #D9D2AB #B2D9AB

monochromatic

#7757B3 #9981C6 #BBABD9 #DDD5EC #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBABD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBABD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABD9

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABD9	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.067 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e4',
    500: '#bbabd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabd9;
$custom-light: #cfc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77022,
    "c": 0.06691,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABD9

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B13586

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABD9

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

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