#BBADC8#BBADC8

#BBADC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.041 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADC8
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, 10.09, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 15.59, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0256 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.041 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8606, 44.6222, 60.8293)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADC8 #BAC8AD

analogous

#ADADC8 #BBADC8 #C8ADC7

triadic

#BBADC8 #C8BBAD #ADC8BB

tetradic

#BBADC8 #C8ADAD #BAC8AD #ADC7C8

square

#BBADC8 #C8ADAD #BAC8AD #ADC7C8

split-complementary

#BBADC8 #C7C8AD #ADC8AD

monochromatic

#7E6596 #9D88AF #BBADC8 #D9D2E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADC8

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADC8	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.041 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d8',
    500: '#bbadc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadc8;
$custom-light: #cfc5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 19.708,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76798,
    "c": 0.04091,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E4771

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADC8

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

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