#BBACE6#BBACE6

#BBACE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.083 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACE6
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 230)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 16.98, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 32.01, 302.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0367 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.083 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5258, 45.7827, 81.0753)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACE6 #D7E6AC

analogous

#ACBAE6 #BBACE6 #D8ACE6

triadic

#BBACE6 #E6BBAC #ACE6BB

tetradic

#BBACE6 #E6ACBA #D7E6AC #ACE6D8

square

#BBACE6 #E6ACBA #D7E6AC #ACE6D8

split-complementary

#BBACE6 #E6D8AC #BAE6AC

monochromatic

#6E4ECA #947DD8 #BBACE6 #E2DBF4 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBACE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBACE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACE6

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACE6	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbace6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.083 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ee',
    500: '#bbace6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbace6;
$custom-light: #d0c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbace6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77723,
    "c": 0.08299,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACE6

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C12499

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACE6

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

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