#BBACC3#BBACC3

#BBACC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.036 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACC3
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 195)
HSL	hsl(279, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 9.65, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 13.72, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0253 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.036 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0948, 44.0103, 57.7384)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACC3 #B4C3AC

analogous

#B0ACC3 #BBACC3 #C3ACC0

triadic

#BBACC3 #C3BBAC #ACC3BB

tetradic

#BBACC3 #C3B0AC #B4C3AC #ACC0C3

square

#BBACC3 #C3B0AC #B4C3AC #ACC0C3

split-complementary

#BBACC3 #C0C3AC #ACC3B0

monochromatic

#80678E #9E88A9 #BBACC3 #D8D0DD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBACC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBACC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACC3

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACC3	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.036 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d5',
    500: '#bbacc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacc3;
$custom-light: #cfc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 16.084,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7643,
    "c": 0.03631,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACC3

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4B67

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACC3

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

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