#BBACDB#BBACDB

#BBACDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.068 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACDB
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 14.58, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 26.17, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0334 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.068 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0296, 45.1842, 73.1952)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACDB #CCDBAC

analogous

#ACB5DB #BBACDB #D3ACDB

triadic

#BBACDB #DBBBAC #ACDBBB

tetradic

#BBACDB #DBACB5 #CCDBAC #ACDBD3

square

#BBACDB #DBACB5 #CCDBAC #ACDBD3

split-complementary

#BBACDB #DBD3AC #B5DBAC

monochromatic

#7557B6 #9881C8 #BBACDB #DED7EE #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBACDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBACDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACDB

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACDB	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B3DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.068 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4e6',
    500: '#bbacdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacdb;
$custom-light: #cfc4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.149,
    "s": 39.496,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77291,
    "c": 0.06798,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACDB

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B2338A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACDB

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

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