#BBADD4#BBADD4

#BBADD4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.057 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADD4
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(262, 31%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 18%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, 12.54, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 21.84, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0297 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.057 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.3184, 45.2054, 68.5072)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADD4 #C6D4AD

analogous

#ADB2D4 #BBADD4 #CEADD4

triadic

#BBADD4 #D4BBAD #ADD4BB

tetradic

#BBADD4 #D4ADB2 #C6D4AD #ADD4CE

square

#BBADD4 #D4ADB2 #C6D4AD #ADD4CE

split-complementary

#BBADD4 #D4CEAD #B2D4AD

monochromatic

#785DAA #9A85BF #BBADD4 #DCD5E9 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADD4

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADD4	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.057 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5e1',
    500: '#bbadd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadd4;
$custom-light: #cfc5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77224,
    "c": 0.05685,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADD4

secondary

#E7EBE0

accent

#AA3C82

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADD4

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

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