#BBAFC6#BBAFC6

#BBAFC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.035 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFC6
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 198)
HSL	hsl(271, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 8.60, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 13.28, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.0219 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.035 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0148, 45.3021, 59.7352)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFC6 #BAC6AF

analogous

#AFAFC6 #BBAFC6 #C6AFC5

triadic

#BBAFC6 #C6BBAF #AFC6BB

tetradic

#BBAFC6 #C6AFAF #BAC6AF #AFC5C6

square

#BBAFC6 #C6AFAF #BAC6AF #AFC5C6

split-complementary

#BBAFC6 #C5C6AF #AFC6AF

monochromatic

#7E6892 #9D8BAD #BBAFC6 #D9D3DF #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BBAFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFC6

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFC6	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.035 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d7',
    500: '#bbafc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafc6;
$custom-light: #cfc6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 16.788,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77126,
    "c": 0.03486,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFC6

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9B4A71

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFC6

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

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