#BBAEC2#BBAEC2

#BBAEC2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.032 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEC2
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(279, 14%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 10%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 8.36, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 11.91, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% 0.0219 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.032 314)
XYZ	xyz(45.3656, 44.7322, 57.2727)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEC2 #B5C2AE

analogous

#B1AEC2 #BBAEC2 #C2AEBF

triadic

#BBAEC2 #C2BBAE #AEC2BB

tetradic

#BBAEC2 #C2B1AE #B5C2AE #AEBFC2

square

#BBAEC2 #C2B1AE #B5C2AE #AEBFC2

split-complementary

#BBAEC2 #BFC2AE #AEC2B1

monochromatic

#806A8C #9E8BA8 #BBAEC2 #D8D1DC #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBAEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBAEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEC2

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEC2	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.032 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d4',
    500: '#bbaec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaec2;
$custom-light: #cfc6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 14.085,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.03153,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.44732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEC2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#984D68

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEC2

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

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