#BBADC4#BBADC4

#BBADC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.036 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADC4
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 196)
HSL	hsl(277, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 12%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 9.29, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 13.56, 313.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0241 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.036 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3992, 44.4377, 58.3995)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADC4 #B6C4AD

analogous

#B0ADC4 #BBADC4 #C4ADC1

triadic

#BBADC4 #C4BBAD #ADC4BB

tetradic

#BBADC4 #C4B0AD #B6C4AD #ADC1C4

square

#BBADC4 #C4B0AD #B6C4AD #ADC1C4

split-complementary

#BBADC4 #C1C4AD #ADC4B0

monochromatic

#80678F #9D89AA #BBADC4 #D9D1DE #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBADC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BBADC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADC4

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADC4	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.036 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d5',
    500: '#bbadc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadc4;
$custom-light: #cfc5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 16.312,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76662,
    "c": 0.0358,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADC4

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9B4B6A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADC4

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

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