#BBACC6#BBACC6

#BBACC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.040 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACC6
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 10.24, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 15.22, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0263 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.04 311)
XYZ	xyz(45.4374, 44.1473, 59.5427)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACC6 #B7C6AC

analogous

#AEACC6 #BBACC6 #C6ACC4

triadic

#BBACC6 #C6BBAC #ACC6BB

tetradic

#BBACC6 #C6AEAC #B7C6AC #ACC4C6

square

#BBACC6 #C6AEAC #B7C6AC #ACC4C6

split-complementary

#BBACC6 #C4C6AC #ACC6AE

monochromatic

#7F6593 #9D88AD #BBACC6 #D9D0DF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBACC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBACC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACC6

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACC6	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.040 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d7',
    500: '#bbacc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacc6;
$custom-light: #cfc4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 18.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76532,
    "c": 0.04008,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.44147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D496C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACC6

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

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