#BBABE5#BBABE5

#BBABE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.083 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE5
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(257, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 17.31, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 32.09, 302.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0379 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.083 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1962, 45.3475, 80.2747)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE5 #D5E5AB

analogous

#ABB8E5 #BBABE5 #D8ABE5

triadic

#BBABE5 #E5BBAB #ABE5BB

tetradic

#BBABE5 #E5ABB8 #D5E5AB #ABE5D8

square

#BBABE5 #E5ABB8 #D5E5AB #ABE5D8

split-complementary

#BBABE5 #E5D8AB #B8E5AB

monochromatic

#6F4EC8 #957CD7 #BBABE5 #E1DAF3 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BBABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE5

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE5	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.083 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ed',
    500: '#bbabe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe5;
$custom-light: #d0c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77492,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE5

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C02595

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE5

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

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