#BBABE8#BBABE8

#BBABE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.087 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE8
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 17.98, -28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 33.69, 302.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0387 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.087 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6187, 45.5165, 82.4997)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE8 #D8E8AB

analogous

#ABBAE8 #BBABE8 #DAABE8

triadic

#BBABE8 #E8BBAB #ABE8BB

tetradic

#BBABE8 #E8ABBA #D8E8AB #ABE8DA

square

#BBABE8 #E8ABBA #D8E8AB #ABE8DA

split-complementary

#BBABE8 #E8DAAB #BAE8AB

monochromatic

#6D4BCE #947BDB #BBABE8 #E2DBF5 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.087 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ef',
    500: '#bbabe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe8;
$custom-light: #d0c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.738,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77614,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C5219A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE8

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

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