#BBAEC8#BBAEC8

#BBAEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.039 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEC8
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, 9.54, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 14.95, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77% 0.0241 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.039 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0531, 45.0072, 60.8935)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEC8 #BBC8AE

analogous

#AEAEC8 #BBAEC8 #C8AEC8

triadic

#BBAEC8 #C8BBAE #AEC8BB

tetradic

#BBAEC8 #C8AEAE #BBC8AE #AEC8C8

square

#BBAEC8 #C8AEAE #BBC8AE #AEC8C8

split-complementary

#BBAEC8 #C8C8AE #AEC8AE

monochromatic

#7E6696 #9C8AAF #BBAEC8 #DAD2E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BBAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEC8

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEC8	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.039 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d8',
    500: '#bbaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaec8;
$custom-light: #cfc6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76996,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEC8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D4873

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEC8

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

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