#BBADC2#BBADC2

#BBADC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.033 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADC2
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 194)
HSL	hsl(280, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 8.90, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 12.57, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0234 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.033 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1731, 44.3473, 57.2086)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADC2 #B4C2AD

analogous

#B1ADC2 #BBADC2 #C2ADBF

triadic

#BBADC2 #C2BBAD #ADC2BB

tetradic

#BBADC2 #C2B1AD #B4C2AD #ADBFC2

square

#BBADC2 #C2B1AD #B4C2AD #ADBFC2

split-complementary

#BBADC2 #BFC2AD #ADC2B1

monochromatic

#80688C #9E8AA8 #BBADC2 #D8D0DC #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBADC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BBADC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADC2

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADC2	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.033 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d4',
    500: '#bbadc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadc2;
$custom-light: #cfc5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 14.685,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76595,
    "c": 0.03331,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADC2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#994D66

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADC2

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

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