#BBABDC#BBABDC

#BBABDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.071 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABDC
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(260, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 15.34, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 27.32, 304.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0352 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.071 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9721, 44.8578, 73.8274)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABDC #CCDCAB

analogous

#ABB4DC #BBABDC #D4ABDC

triadic

#BBABDC #DCBBAB #ABDCBB

tetradic

#BBABDC #DCABB4 #CCDCAB #ABDCD4

square

#BBABDC #DCABB4 #CCDCAB #ABDCD4

split-complementary

#BBABDC #DCD4AB #B4DCAB

monochromatic

#7555B8 #9880CA #BBABDC #DED6EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BBABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABDC

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABDC	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.071 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e7',
    500: '#bbabdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabdc;
$custom-light: #d0c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.592,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77137,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABDC

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B43189

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABDC

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

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