#BBABE4#BBABE4

#BBABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.082 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE4
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(257, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, 17.09, -26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 31.56, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0376 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.082 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0570, 45.2918, 79.5414)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE4 #D4E4AB

analogous

#ABB7E4 #BBABE4 #D7ABE4

triadic

#BBABE4 #E4BBAB #ABE4BB

tetradic

#BBABE4 #E4ABB7 #D4E4AB #ABE4D7

square

#BBABE4 #E4ABB7 #D4E4AB #ABE4D7

split-complementary

#BBABE4 #E4D7AB #B7E4AB

monochromatic

#704EC6 #967DD5 #BBABE4 #E0D9F3 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BBABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE4

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE4	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.082 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ec',
    500: '#bbabe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe4;
$custom-light: #d0c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77452,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE4

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2794

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE4

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

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