#BBABEB#BBABEB

#BBABEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.091 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABEB
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 235)
HSL	hsl(255, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 18.66, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 35.28, 301.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0396 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.091 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0485, 45.6884, 84.7631)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABEB #DBEBAB

analogous

#ABBBEB #BBABEB #DBABEB

triadic

#BBABEB #EBBBAB #ABEBBB

tetradic

#BBABEB #EBABBB #DBEBAB #ABEBDB

square

#BBABEB #EBABBB #DBEBAB #ABEBDB

split-complementary

#BBABEB #EBDBAB #BBEBAB

monochromatic

#6B48D3 #937ADF #BBABEB #E3DCF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBABEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BBABEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABEB

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABEB	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.091 295.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77737,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABEB

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C91C9E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABEB

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

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