#BBABDD#BBABDD

#BBABDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.072 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABDD
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(259, 42%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 15.56, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 27.85, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% 0.0355 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.072 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1049, 44.9109, 74.5270)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABDD #CDDDAB

analogous

#ABB4DD #BBABDD #D4ABDD

triadic

#BBABDD #DDBBAB #ABDDBB

tetradic

#BBABDD #DDABB4 #CDDDAB #ABDDD4

square

#BBABDD #DDABB4 #CDDDAB #ABDDD4

split-complementary

#BBABDD #DDD4AB #B4DDAB

monochromatic

#7454BA #987FCB #BBABDD #DED7EF #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BBABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABDD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABDD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.072 299.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77175,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABDD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B5308B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABDD

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

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