#BBADD5#BBADD5

#BBADD5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.058 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADD5
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(261, 32%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 19%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 12.75, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 22.37, 304.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.03 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.058 301)
XYZ	xyz(47.4450, 45.2560, 69.1736)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADD5 #C7D5AD

analogous

#ADB3D5 #BBADD5 #CFADD5

triadic

#BBADD5 #D5BBAD #ADD5BB

tetradic

#BBADD5 #D5ADB3 #C7D5AD #ADD5CF

square

#BBADD5 #D5ADB3 #C7D5AD #ADD5CF

split-complementary

#BBADD5 #D5CFAD #B3D5AD

monochromatic

#785CAC #9985C0 #BBADD5 #DDD5EA #EEEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BBADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADD5

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADD5	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B3D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.058 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5e2',
    500: '#bbadd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadd5;
$custom-light: #cfc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 32.258,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77261,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.45256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADD5

secondary

#E7EBE0

accent

#AB3A84

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADD5

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

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