#BBADD9#BBADD9

#BBADD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.064 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADD9
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(259, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 13.60, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 24.49, 303.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% 0.0313 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.064 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9589, 45.4616, 71.8805)
Luminance	0.4546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADD9 #CBD9AD

analogous

#ADB5D9 #BBADD9 #D1ADD9

triadic

#BBADD9 #D9BBAD #ADD9BB

tetradic

#BBADD9 #D9ADB5 #CBD9AD #ADD9D1

square

#BBADD9 #D9ADB5 #CBD9AD #ADD9D1

split-complementary

#BBADD9 #D9D1AD #B5D9AD

monochromatic

#7659B2 #9883C6 #BBADD9 #DED7EC #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BBADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADD9

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADD9	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.064 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5e4',
    500: '#bbadd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadd9;
$custom-light: #cfc5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7741,
    "c": 0.06363,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADD9

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B03689

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADD9

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

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