#BBABE9#BBABE9

#BBABE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.089 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABE9
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 18.21, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 34.22, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.039 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.089 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7611, 45.5734, 83.2499)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABE9 #D9E9AB

analogous

#ABBAE9 #BBABE9 #DAABE9

triadic

#BBABE9 #E9BBAB #ABE9BB

tetradic

#BBABE9 #E9ABBA #D9E9AB #ABE9DA

square

#BBABE9 #E9ABBA #D9E9AB #ABE9DA

split-complementary

#BBABE9 #E9DAAB #BAE9AB

monochromatic

#6C4AD0 #947BDC #BBABE9 #E2DBF6 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABE9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABE9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.089 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4f0',
    500: '#bbabe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabe9;
$custom-light: #d0c4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77655,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABE9

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C61F9B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABE9

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

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