#BBAFD8#BBAFD8

#BBAFD8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.059 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFD8
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(258, 34%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 19%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 12.29, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 22.71, 302.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0281 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.059 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2156, 46.1825, 71.3264)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFD8 #CCD8AF

analogous

#AFB8D8 #BBAFD8 #D0AFD8

triadic

#BBAFD8 #D8BBAF #AFD8BB

tetradic

#BBAFD8 #D8AFB8 #CCD8AF #AFD8D0

square

#BBAFD8 #D8AFB8 #CCD8AF #AFD8D0

split-complementary

#BBAFD8 #D8D0AF #B8D8AF

monochromatic

#755DB0 #9886C4 #BBAFD8 #DED8EC #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBAFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBAFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFD8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFD8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.059 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6e4',
    500: '#bbafd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafd8;
$custom-light: #cfc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77762,
    "c": 0.05901,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFD8

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AD388B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFD8

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

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