#BBABEA#BBABEA

#BBABEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.090 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABEA
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 234)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 18.43, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 34.75, 302.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0393 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.09 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9044, 45.6307, 84.0044)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABEA #DAEAAB

analogous

#ABBBEA #BBABEA #DBABEA

triadic

#BBABEA #EABBAB #ABEABB

tetradic

#BBABEA #EAABBB #DAEAAB #ABEADB

square

#BBABEA #EAABBB #DAEAAB #ABEADB

split-complementary

#BBABEA #EADBAB #BBEAAB

monochromatic

#6C49D2 #937ADE #BBABEA #E3DCF6 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBABEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBABEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABEA

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABEA	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.090 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4f1',
    500: '#bbabea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabea;
$custom-light: #d0c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77696,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABEA

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C81E9D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABEA

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

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