#BBABE3#BBABE3

#BBABE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.080 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE3
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(257, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 16.87, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 31.03, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0373 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.08 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9186, 45.2364, 78.8125)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE3 #D3E3AB

analogous

#ABB7E3 #BBABE3 #D7ABE3

triadic

#BBABE3 #E3BBAB #ABE3BB

tetradic

#BBABE3 #E3ABB7 #D3E3AB #ABE3D7

square

#BBABE3 #E3ABB7 #D3E3AB #ABE3D7

split-complementary

#BBABE3 #E3D7AB #B7E3AB

monochromatic

#714FC4 #967DD4 #BBABE3 #E0D9F2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BBABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE3

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE3	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.080 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ec',
    500: '#bbabe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe3;
$custom-light: #d0c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77412,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE3

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD2893

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE3

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

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