#BBACC8#BBACC8

#BBACC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.043 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACC8
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 14%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 10.64, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 16.24, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.027 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.043 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6696, 44.2402, 60.7656)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACC8 #B9C8AC

analogous

#ADACC8 #BBACC8 #C8ACC7

triadic

#BBACC8 #C8BBAC #ACC8BB

tetradic

#BBACC8 #C8ADAC #B9C8AC #ACC7C8

square

#BBACC8 #C8ADAC #B9C8AC #ACC7C8

split-complementary

#BBACC8 #C7C8AC #ACC8AD

monochromatic

#7F6396 #9D87B0 #BBACC8 #D9D1E0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBACC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBACC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACC8

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACC8	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.043 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d8',
    500: '#bbacc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacc8;
$custom-light: #cfc4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.766,
    "c": 0.04264,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F4770

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACC8

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

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