#BBACE3#BBACE3

#BBACE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.079 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACE3
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 24.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 16.32, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 30.41, 302.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0359 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.079 297)
XYZ	xyz(49.1082, 45.6156, 78.8757)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACE3 #D4E3AC

analogous

#ACB8E3 #BBACE3 #D6ACE3

triadic

#BBACE3 #E3BBAC #ACE3BB

tetradic

#BBACE3 #E3ACB8 #D4E3AC #ACE3D6

square

#BBACE3 #E3ACB8 #D4E3AC #ACE3D6

split-complementary

#BBACE3 #E3D6AC #B8E3AC

monochromatic

#7050C4 #967ED4 #BBACE3 #E0DAF2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBACE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBACE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACE3

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACE3	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbace3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.079 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ec',
    500: '#bbace3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbace3;
$custom-light: #d0c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbace3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77603,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.45616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACE3

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD2994

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACE3

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

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