#BBAEC6#BBAEC6

#BBAEC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.037 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEC6
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(273, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, 9.14, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 13.92, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0234 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.037 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8209, 44.9143, 59.6705)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEC6 #B9C6AE

analogous

#AFAEC6 #BBAEC6 #C6AEC5

triadic

#BBAEC6 #C6BBAE #AEC6BB

tetradic

#BBAEC6 #C6AFAE #B9C6AE #AEC5C6

square

#BBAEC6 #C6AFAE #B9C6AE #AEC5C6

split-complementary

#BBAEC6 #C5C6AE #AEC6AF

monochromatic

#7F6793 #9D8AAD #BBAEC6 #D9D2DF #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BBAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEC6

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEC6	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.037 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d7',
    500: '#bbaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaec6;
$custom-light: #cfc6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76928,
    "c": 0.03659,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9C4A6F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEC6

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

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