#BBACED#BBACED

#BBACED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.093 H 294.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACED
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 18.56, -30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 35.73, 301.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0388 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.093 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5286, 46.1838, 86.3567)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACED #DEEDAC

analogous

#ACBEED #BBACED #DBACED

triadic

#BBACED #EDBBAC #ACEDBB

tetradic

#BBACED #EDACBE #DEEDAC #ACEDDB

square

#BBACED #EDACBE #DEEDAC #ACEDDB

split-complementary

#BBACED #EDDBAC #BEEDAC

monochromatic

#6947D7 #927AE2 #BBACED #E4DEF8 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACED

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACED	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB6F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.093 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4f3',
    500: '#bbaced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaced;
$custom-light: #d0c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACED

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CC19A3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACED

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

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