#BBAEC0#BBAEC0

#BBAEC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.029 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEC0
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(283, 13%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, 7.97, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 10.93, 316.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0212 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.029 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1425, 44.6430, 56.0977)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEC0 #B3C0AE

analogous

#B2AEC0 #BBAEC0 #C0AEBC

triadic

#BBAEC0 #C0BBAE #AEC0BB

tetradic

#BBAEC0 #C0B2AE #B3C0AE #AEBCC0

square

#BBAEC0 #C0B2AE #B3C0AE #AEBCC0

split-complementary

#BBAEC0 #BCC0AE #AEC0B2

monochromatic

#816B89 #9E8CA5 #BBAEC0 #D8D0DB #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBAEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBAEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEC0

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEC0	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.029 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d3',
    500: '#bbaec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaec0;
$custom-light: #cfc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.333,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76729,
    "c": 0.02907,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEC0

secondary

#E4E7E3

accent

#974F63

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEC0

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

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