#BBACC5#BBACC5

#BBACC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.039 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACC5
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(276, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, 10.04, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 14.72, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.026 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.039 312)
XYZ	xyz(45.3224, 44.1013, 58.9373)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACC5 #B6C5AC

analogous

#AFACC5 #BBACC5 #C5ACC2

triadic

#BBACC5 #C5BBAC #ACC5BB

tetradic

#BBACC5 #C5AFAC #B6C5AC #ACC2C5

square

#BBACC5 #C5AFAC #B6C5AC #ACC2C5

split-complementary

#BBACC5 #C2C5AC #ACC5AF

monochromatic

#806591 #9D88AC #BBACC5 #D9D0DE #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACC5

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACC5	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.039 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d6',
    500: '#bbacc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacc5;
$custom-light: #cfc4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 17.73,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76498,
    "c": 0.03881,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.44101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACC5

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9C496A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACC5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →