#BBAFC7#BBAFC7

#BBAFC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.036 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFC7
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 199)
HSL	hsl(270, 18%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 12.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, 8.79, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 13.79, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.0222 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.036 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1305, 45.3484, 60.3446)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFC7 #BBC7AF

analogous

#AFAFC7 #BBAFC7 #C7AFC7

triadic

#BBAFC7 #C7BBAF #AFC7BB

tetradic

#BBAFC7 #C7AFAF #BBC7AF #AFC7C7

square

#BBAFC7 #C7AFAF #BBC7AF #AFC7C7

split-complementary

#BBAFC7 #C7C7AF #AFC7AF

monochromatic

#7E6894 #9C8BAE #BBAFC7 #DAD3E0 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAFC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BBAFC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFC7

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFC7	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.036 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d8',
    500: '#bbafc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafc7;
$custom-light: #cfc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7716,
    "c": 0.03615,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFC7

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4A73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFC7

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

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