#BBAFC8#BBAFC8

#BBAFC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.037 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFC8
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(269, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, 8.99, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 14.31, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% 0.0226 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.037 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2470, 45.3950, 60.9581)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFC8 #BCC8AF

analogous

#AFAFC8 #BBAFC8 #C7AFC8

triadic

#BBAFC8 #C8BBAF #AFC8BB

tetradic

#BBAFC8 #C8AFAF #BCC8AF #AFC8C7

square

#BBAFC8 #C8AFAF #BCC8AF #AFC8C7

split-complementary

#BBAFC8 #C8C7AF #AFC8AF

monochromatic

#7D6796 #9C8BAF #BBAFC8 #DAD3E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBAFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBAFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFC8

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFC8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.037 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d8',
    500: '#bbafc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafc8;
$custom-light: #cfc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.03746,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4974

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFC8

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

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