#BBADDD#BBADDD

#BBADDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.069 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADDD
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, 14.46, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 26.61, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% 0.0326 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.069 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4855, 45.6722, 74.6538)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADDD #CFDDAD

analogous

#ADB7DD #BBADDD #D3ADDD

triadic

#BBADDD #DDBBAD #ADDDBB

tetradic

#BBADDD #DDADB7 #CFDDAD #ADDDD3

square

#BBADDD #DDADB7 #CFDDAD #ADDDD3

split-complementary

#BBADDD #DDD3AD #B7DDAD

monochromatic

#7356B9 #9782CB #BBADDD #DFD8EF #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBADDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBADDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADDD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADDD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.069 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5e7',
    500: '#bbaddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaddd;
$custom-light: #d0c5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77562,
    "c": 0.06908,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADDD

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B4318E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADDD

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

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