#BBABE6#BBABE6

#BBABE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.085 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE6
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 17.54, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 32.62, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% 0.0382 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.085 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3362, 45.4035, 81.0121)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE6 #D6E6AB

analogous

#ABB8E6 #BBABE6 #D8ABE6

triadic

#BBABE6 #E6BBAB #ABE6BB

tetradic

#BBABE6 #E6ABB8 #D6E6AB #ABE6D8

square

#BBABE6 #E6ABB8 #D6E6AB #ABE6D8

split-complementary

#BBABE6 #E6D8AB #B8E6AB

monochromatic

#6F4DCA #957CD8 #BBABE6 #E1DAF4 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE6

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE6	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.085 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ee',
    500: '#bbabe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe6;
$custom-light: #d0c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77532,
    "c": 0.08458,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE6

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C22497

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE6

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

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