#BBACEE#BBACEE

#BBACEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.094 H 294.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACEE
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 238)
HSL	hsl(254, 66%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 27.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 18.79, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 36.27, 301.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% 0.039 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.094 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6751, 46.2424, 87.1282)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACEE #DFEEAC

analogous

#ACBEEE #BBACEE #DCACEE

triadic

#BBACEE #EEBBAC #ACEEBB

tetradic

#BBACEE #EEACBE #DFEEAC #ACEEDC

square

#BBACEE #EEACBE #DFEEAC #ACEEDC

split-complementary

#BBACEE #EEDCAC #BEEEAC

monochromatic

#6846D9 #9179E4 #BBACEE #E5DFF8 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBACEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBACEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACEE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACEE	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB6F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.094 294.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78052,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACEE

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CE18A4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACEE

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

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