#BBAECA#BBAECA

#BBAECA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.042 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAECA
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 202)
HSL	hsl(268, 21%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 9.94, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 15.98, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% 0.0248 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.042 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2883, 45.1013, 62.1325)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAECA #BDCAAE

analogous

#AEAFCA #BBAECA #C9AECA

triadic

#BBAECA #CABBAE #AECABB

tetradic

#BBAECA #CAAEAF #BDCAAE #AECAC9

square

#BBAECA #CAAEAF #BDCAAE #AECAC9

split-complementary

#BBAECA #CAC9AE #AFCAAE

monochromatic

#7D6499 #9C89B2 #BBAECA #DAD3E2 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BBAECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAECA

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAECA	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.042 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6da',
    500: '#bbaeca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeca;
$custom-light: #cfc6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 20.896,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77064,
    "c": 0.0418,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAECA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9F4676

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAECA

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

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