#BBAEC4#BBAEC4

#BBAEC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.034 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEC4
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(275, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 8.75, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 12.91, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0226 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.034 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5917, 44.8226, 58.4636)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEC4 #B7C4AE

analogous

#B0AEC4 #BBAEC4 #C4AEC2

triadic

#BBAEC4 #C4BBAE #AEC4BB

tetradic

#BBAEC4 #C4B0AE #B7C4AE #AEC2C4

square

#BBAEC4 #C4B0AE #B7C4AE #AEC2C4

split-complementary

#BBAEC4 #C2C4AE #AEC4B0

monochromatic

#7F688F #9D8BAA #BBAEC4 #D9D1DE #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BBAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEC4

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEC4	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.034 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d5',
    500: '#bbaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaec4;
$custom-light: #cfc6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76861,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEC4

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4C6C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEC4

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

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