#BBADCE#BBADCE

#BBADCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.049 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADCE
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(265, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 11.30, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 18.70, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0276 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.049 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5756, 44.9082, 64.5950)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADCE #C0CEAD

analogous

#ADB0CE #BBADCE #CCADCE

triadic

#BBADCE #CEBBAD #ADCEBB

tetradic

#BBADCE #CEADB0 #C0CEAD #ADCECC

square

#BBADCE #CEADB0 #C0CEAD #ADCECC

split-complementary

#BBADCE #CECCAD #B0CEAD

monochromatic

#7B60A0 #9B87B7 #BBADCE #DBD3E5 #EFECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BBADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADCE

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADCE	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.049 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5dd',
    500: '#bbadce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadce;
$custom-light: #cfc5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 25.191,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77007,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADCE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A4427A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADCE

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

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