#BBAFD5#BBAFD5

#BBAFD5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.055 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFD5
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(259, 31%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, 11.65, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 21.12, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% 0.0271 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.055 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8313, 46.0287, 69.3024)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFD5 #C9D5AF

analogous

#AFB6D5 #BBAFD5 #CEAFD5

triadic

#BBAFD5 #D5BBAF #AFD5BB

tetradic

#BBAFD5 #D5AFB6 #C9D5AF #AFD5CE

square

#BBAFD5 #D5AFB6 #C9D5AF #AFD5CE

split-complementary

#BBAFD5 #D5CEAF #B6D5AF

monochromatic

#775FAB #9987C0 #BBAFD5 #DDD7EA #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBAFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BBAFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFD5

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFD5	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.055 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6e2',
    500: '#bbafd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafd5;
$custom-light: #cfc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 31.148,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.05492,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFD5

secondary

#E8EBE0

accent

#AA3C87

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFD5

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

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