#BBACE5#BBACE5

#BBACE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.082 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACE5
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 16.76, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 31.48, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% 0.0365 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.082 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.3858, 45.7267, 80.3379)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACE5 #D6E5AC

analogous

#ACB9E5 #BBACE5 #D7ACE5

triadic

#BBACE5 #E5BBAC #ACE5BB

tetradic

#BBACE5 #E5ACB9 #D6E5AC #ACE5D7

square

#BBACE5 #E5ACB9 #D6E5AC #ACE5D7

split-complementary

#BBACE5 #E5D7AC #B9E5AC

monochromatic

#6F4FC8 #957DD6 #BBACE5 #E1DBF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BBACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACE5

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACE5	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.082 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ed',
    500: '#bbace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbace5;
$custom-light: #d0c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77683,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACE5

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C02697

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACE5

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

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