#BBACE8#BBACE8

#BBACE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.086 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACE8
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 232)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, 17.43, -28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 33.07, 301.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0373 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.086 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8083, 45.8957, 82.5629)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACE8 #D9E8AC

analogous

#ACBBE8 #BBACE8 #D9ACE8

triadic

#BBACE8 #E8BBAC #ACE8BB

tetradic

#BBACE8 #E8ACBB #D9E8AC #ACE8D9

square

#BBACE8 #E8ACBB #D9E8AC #ACE8D9

split-complementary

#BBACE8 #E8D9AC #BBE8AC

monochromatic

#6C4CCD #947CDB #BBACE8 #E2DCF5 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBACE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BBACE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACE8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACE8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbace8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.086 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ef',
    500: '#bbace8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbace8;
$custom-light: #d0c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbace8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77804,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACE8

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C4219B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACE8

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

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