#BBACEB#BBACEB

#BBACEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.090 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACEB
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 235)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 26.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, 18.11, -29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 34.67, 301.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0382 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.09 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2381, 46.0676, 84.8263)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACEB #DCEBAC

analogous

#ACBCEB #BBACEB #DBACEB

triadic

#BBACEB #EBBBAC #ACEBBB

tetradic

#BBACEB #EBACBC #DCEBAC #ACEBDB

square

#BBACEB #EBACBC #DCEBAC #ACEBDB

split-complementary

#BBACEB #EBDBAC #BCEBAC

monochromatic

#6A49D3 #937BDF #BBACEB #E3DDF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BBACEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BBACEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACEB

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACEB	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.090 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4f1',
    500: '#bbaceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaceb;
$custom-light: #d0c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACEB

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C91DA0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACEB

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

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