#BBABEF#BBABEF

#BBABEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.097 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABEF
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(254, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 19.57, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 37.41, 301.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% 0.0407 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.097 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6328, 45.9221, 87.8409)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABEF #DFEFAB

analogous

#ABBDEF #BBABEF #DDABEF

triadic

#BBABEF #EFBBAB #ABEFBB

tetradic

#BBABEF #EFABBD #DFEFAB #ABEFDD

square

#BBABEF #EFABBD #DFEFAB #ABEFDD

split-complementary

#BBABEF #EFDDAB #BDEFAB

monochromatic

#6844DB #9178E5 #BBABEF #E5DEF9 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABEF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABEF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.097 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4f4',
    500: '#bbabef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabef;
$custom-light: #d0c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABEF

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABEF

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

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