#BBAECB#BBAECB

#BBAECB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.043 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAECB
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(267, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 10.14, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 16.50, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0251 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.043 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4071, 45.1488, 62.7581)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAECB #BECBAE

analogous

#AEB0CB #BBAECB #CAAECB

triadic

#BBAECB #CBBBAE #AECBBB

tetradic

#BBAECB #CBAEB0 #BECBAE #AECBCA

square

#BBAECB #CBAEB0 #BECBAE #AECBCA

split-complementary

#BBAECB #CBCAAE #B0CBAE

monochromatic

#7C649B #9C89B3 #BBAECB #DAD3E3 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBAECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAECB

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAECB	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.043 305.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAECB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A04577

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAECB

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

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