#BBAECE#BBAECE

#BBAECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.047 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAECE
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(264, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, 10.75, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 18.06, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0262 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.047 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7681, 45.2932, 64.6592)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAECE #C1CEAE

analogous

#AEB1CE #BBAECE #CBAECE

triadic

#BBAECE #CEBBAE #AECEBB

tetradic

#BBAECE #CEAEB1 #C1CEAE #AECECB

square

#BBAECE #CEAEB1 #C1CEAE #AECECB

split-complementary

#BBAECE #CECBAE #B1CEAE

monochromatic

#7B62A0 #9B88B7 #BBAECE #DBD4E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBAECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BBAECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAECE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAECE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.047 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6dd',
    500: '#bbaece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaece;
$custom-light: #cfc6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.375,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.04711,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAECE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A3427C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAECE

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

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