#BBAFD9#BBAFD9

#BBAFD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.060 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFD9
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(257, 19%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 12.50, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 23.25, 302.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0284 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.06 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3453, 46.2343, 72.0093)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFD9 #CDD9AF

analogous

#AFB8D9 #BBAFD9 #D0AFD9

triadic

#BBAFD9 #D9BBAF #AFD9BB

tetradic

#BBAFD9 #D9AFB8 #CDD9AF #AFD9D0

square

#BBAFD9 #D9AFB8 #CDD9AF #AFD9D0

split-complementary

#BBAFD9 #D9D0AF #B8D9AF

monochromatic

#745CB2 #9886C5 #BBAFD9 #DED8ED #EDEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBAFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBAFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFD9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFD9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.060 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6e4',
    500: '#bbafd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafd9;
$custom-light: #cfc6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 35.593,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77799,
    "c": 0.06038,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFD9

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AE378C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFD9

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

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