#BBACC4#BBACC4

#BBACC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.038 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACC4
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(278, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 9.84, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 14.21, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0256 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.038 313)
XYZ	xyz(45.2082, 44.0556, 58.3358)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACC4 #B5C4AC

analogous

#AFACC4 #BBACC4 #C4ACC1

triadic

#BBACC4 #C4BBAC #ACC4BB

tetradic

#BBACC4 #C4AFAC #B5C4AC #ACC1C4

square

#BBACC4 #C4AFAC #B5C4AC #ACC1C4

split-complementary

#BBACC4 #C1C4AC #ACC4AF

monochromatic

#806690 #9E88AB #BBACC4 #D8D0DD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBACC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBACC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACC4

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACC4	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.038 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d5',
    500: '#bbacc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacc4;
$custom-light: #cfc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 16.901,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76464,
    "c": 0.03756,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.44055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACC4

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9B4A69

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACC4

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

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