#BBAECD#BBAECD

#BBAECD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.046 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAECD
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(265, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 10.55, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 17.54, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% 0.0258 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.046 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6470, 45.2448, 64.0214)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAECD #C0CDAE

analogous

#AEB1CD #BBAECD #CBAECD

triadic

#BBAECD #CDBBAE #AECDBB

tetradic

#BBAECD #CDAEB1 #C0CDAE #AECDCB

square

#BBAECD #CDAEB1 #C0CDAE #AECDCB

split-complementary

#BBAECD #CDCBAE #B1CDAE

monochromatic

#7B629E #9B88B6 #BBAECD #DBD4E4 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BBAECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAECD

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAECD	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.046 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6dc',
    500: '#bbaecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaecd;
$custom-light: #cfc6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.161,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77169,
    "c": 0.04577,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAECD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A2437A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAECD

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

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