#BBADD8#BBADD8

#BBADD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.062 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADD8
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(260, 36%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(260, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 13.39, -19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 23.96, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% 0.031 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.062 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8293, 45.4097, 71.1976)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADD8 #CAD8AD

analogous

#ADB5D8 #BBADD8 #D1ADD8

triadic

#BBADD8 #D8BBAD #ADD8BB

tetradic

#BBADD8 #D8ADB5 #CAD8AD #ADD8D1

square

#BBADD8 #D8ADB5 #CAD8AD #ADD8D1

split-complementary

#BBADD8 #D8D1AD #B5D8AD

monochromatic

#765AB1 #9984C4 #BBADD8 #DDD6EC #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADD8

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADD8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.062 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5e4',
    500: '#bbadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadd8;
$custom-light: #cfc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77372,
    "c": 0.06226,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADD8

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#AE3788

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADD8

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

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