#BBACC7#BBACC7

#BBACC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.041 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACC7
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 199)
HSL	hsl(273, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 13.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 10.44, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 15.73, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0267 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.041 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5531, 44.1936, 60.1522)
Luminance	0.4419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACC7 #B8C7AC

analogous

#ADACC7 #BBACC7 #C7ACC5

triadic

#BBACC7 #C7BBAC #ACC7BB

tetradic

#BBACC7 #C7ADAC #B8C7AC #ACC5C7

square

#BBACC7 #C7ADAC #B8C7AC #ACC5C7

split-complementary

#BBACC7 #C5C7AC #ACC7AD

monochromatic

#7F6494 #9D87AE #BBACC7 #D9D1E0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBACC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBACC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACC7

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACC7	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.041 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d8',
    500: '#bbacc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacc7;
$custom-light: #cfc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 19.424,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76566,
    "c": 0.04136,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACC7

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E486E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACC7

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

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