#BBAFCB#BBAFCB

#BBAFCB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.041 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFCB
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 9.59, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 15.86, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0237 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.041 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6010, 45.5366, 62.8227)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFCB #BFCBAF

analogous

#AFB1CB #BBAFCB #C9AFCB

triadic

#BBAFCB #CBBBAF #AFCBBB

tetradic

#BBAFCB #CBAFB1 #BFCBAF #AFCBC9

square

#BBAFCB #CBAFB1 #BFCBAF #AFCBC9

split-complementary

#BBAFCB #CBC9AF #B1CBAF

monochromatic

#7C659B #9B8AB3 #BBAFCB #DBD4E3 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBAFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBAFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFCB

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFCB	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.041 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6da',
    500: '#bbafcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafcb;
$custom-light: #cfc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.04142,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFCB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A04679

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFCB

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

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