#BBADDC#BBADDC

#BBADDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.068 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADDC
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 220)
HSL	hsl(258, 40%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 21.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, 14.24, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 26.08, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0323 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.068 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3527, 45.6191, 73.9543)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADDC #CEDCAD

analogous

#ADB7DC #BBADDC #D3ADDC

triadic

#BBADDC #DCBBAD #ADDCBB

tetradic

#BBADDC #DCADB7 #CEDCAD #ADDCD3

square

#BBADDC #DCADB7 #CEDCAD #ADDCD3

split-complementary

#BBADDC #DCD3AD #B7DCAD

monochromatic

#7457B7 #9782CA #BBADDC #DFD8EE #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBADDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBADDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADDC

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADDC	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.068 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5e7',
    500: '#bbaddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaddc;
$custom-light: #cfc5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 40.171,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77523,
    "c": 0.06772,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADDC

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B3328D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADDC

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

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