#BBABE2#BBABE2

#BBABE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.079 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE2
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 16.65, -25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 30.50, 303.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.037 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.079 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7810, 45.1814, 78.0877)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE2 #D2E2AB

analogous

#ABB6E2 #BBABE2 #D7ABE2

triadic

#BBABE2 #E2BBAB #ABE2BB

tetradic

#BBABE2 #E2ABB6 #D2E2AB #ABE2D7

square

#BBABE2 #E2ABB6 #D2E2AB #ABE2D7

split-complementary

#BBABE2 #E2D7AB #B6E2AB

monochromatic

#7150C3 #967ED2 #BBABE2 #E0D8F2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE2

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE2	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.079 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4eb',
    500: '#bbabe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe2;
$custom-light: #d0c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.07912,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE2

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC2A91

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE2

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

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