#BBADCD#BBADCD

#BBADCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.047 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADCD
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(266, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 11.10, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 18.17, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% 0.0273 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.047 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4545, 44.8598, 63.9573)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADCD #BFCDAD

analogous

#ADAFCD #BBADCD #CBADCD

triadic

#BBADCD #CDBBAD #ADCDBB

tetradic

#BBADCD #CDADAF #BFCDAD #ADCDCB

square

#BBADCD #CDADAF #BFCDAD #ADCDCB

split-complementary

#BBADCD #CDCBAD #AFCDAD

monochromatic

#7C619F #9B87B6 #BBADCD #DBD3E4 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BBADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADCD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADCD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.047 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5dc',
    500: '#bbadcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadcd;
$custom-light: #cfc5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 24.242,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76972,
    "c": 0.04747,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADCD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A34379

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADCD

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

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