#BBAEC7#BBAEC7

#BBAEC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.038 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEC7
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(271, 18%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, 9.34, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 14.44, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0237 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.038 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9366, 44.9606, 60.2800)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEC7 #BAC7AE

analogous

#AEAEC7 #BBAEC7 #C7AEC6

triadic

#BBAEC7 #C7BBAE #AEC7BB

tetradic

#BBAEC7 #C7AEAE #BAC7AE #AEC6C7

square

#BBAEC7 #C7AEAE #BAC7AE #AEC6C7

split-complementary

#BBAEC7 #C6C7AE #AEC7AE

monochromatic

#7E6694 #9D8AAE #BBAEC7 #D9D2E0 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBAEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEC7

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEC7	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.038 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d8',
    500: '#bbaec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaec7;
$custom-light: #cfc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 18.248,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76962,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEC7

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D4971

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEC7

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

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