#BBAFC9#BBAFC9

#BBAFC9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.039 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFC9
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 201)
HSL	hsl(268, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 12.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 9.19, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 14.82, 308.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0229 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.039 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3642, 45.4419, 61.5756)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFC9 #BDC9AF

analogous

#AFB0C9 #BBAFC9 #C8AFC9

triadic

#BBAFC9 #C9BBAF #AFC9BB

tetradic

#BBAFC9 #C9AFB0 #BDC9AF #AFC9C8

square

#BBAFC9 #C9AFB0 #BDC9AF #AFC9C8

split-complementary

#BBAFC9 #C9C8AF #B0C9AF

monochromatic

#7D6697 #9C8AB0 #BBAFC9 #DAD4E2 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBAFC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BBAFC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFC9

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFC9	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.039 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d9',
    500: '#bbafc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafc9;
$custom-light: #cfc6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.03877,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFC9

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E4876

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFC9

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

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