#BBABED#BBABED

#BBABED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.094 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABED
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 19.11, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 36.35, 301.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0402 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.094 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3390, 45.8046, 86.2935)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABED #DDEDAB

analogous

#ABBCED #BBABED #DCABED

triadic

#BBABED #EDBBAB #ABEDBB

tetradic

#BBABED #EDABBC #DDEDAB #ABEDDC

square

#BBABED #EDABBC #DDEDAB #ABEDDC

split-complementary

#BBABED #EDDCAB #BCEDAB

monochromatic

#6946D7 #9279E2 #BBABED #E4DDF8 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBABED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBABED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABED

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABED	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.094 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4f3',
    500: '#bbabed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabed;
$custom-light: #d0c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7782,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABED

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CD19A1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABED

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

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