#BBABFF#BBABFF

#BBABFF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABFF
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 255)
HSL	hsl(251, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 23.31, -39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 45.91, 300.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% 0.0448 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.119 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1020, 46.9098, 100.8452)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABFF #EFFFAB

analogous

#ABC5FF #BBABFF #E5ABFF

triadic

#BBABFF #FFBBAB #ABFFBB

tetradic

#BBABFF #FFABC5 #EFFFAB #ABFFE5

square

#BBABFF #FFABC5 #EFFFAB #ABFFE5

split-complementary

#BBABFF #FFE5AB #C5FFAB

monochromatic

#5831FF #896EFF #BBABFF #E6E0FF #E6E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBABFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBABFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABFF

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABFF	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B5FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACB9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ff',
    500: '#bbabff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabff;
$custom-light: #d1c4ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78604,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABFF

secondary

#F1F7D4

accent

#E600BA

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141218

muted

#828186

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABFF

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

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