#BBADC3#BBADC3

#BBADC3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADC3
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 195)
HSL	hsl(278, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 9.10, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 13.06, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0238 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2858, 44.3923, 57.8020)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADC3 #B5C3AD

analogous

#B0ADC3 #BBADC3 #C3ADC0

triadic

#BBADC3 #C3BBAD #ADC3BB

tetradic

#BBADC3 #C3B0AD #B5C3AD #ADC0C3

square

#BBADC3 #C3B0AD #B5C3AD #ADC0C3

split-complementary

#BBADC3 #C0C3AD #ADC3B0

monochromatic

#80688E #9E8AA9 #BBADC3 #D8D0DD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBADC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBADC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADC3

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADC3	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d5',
    500: '#bbadc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadc3;
$custom-light: #cfc5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 15.493,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76629,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADC3

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4C68

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADC3

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

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