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#bbaadb

a light, soft violet · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
187, 170, 219
HSL
261°, 41%, 76%
CMYK
15, 22, 0, 14
Luminance
0.4443

Every format

HEX#bbaadb
RGBrgb(187, 170, 219)
HSLhsl(261, 41%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 22%, 0%, 14%)
LABlab(72.5 15.7 -22.5)
LCHlch(72.5 27.4 304.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.769 0.071 300.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bbaadb;
background-color: #bbaadb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bbaadb] bg-[#bbaadb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bbaadb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.733, green: 0.667, blue: 0.859)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bbaadb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bbaadb on white: 2.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bbaadb on black: 9.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.3%
Green66.7%
Blue85.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.6%
Magenta22.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.1%

Color previews

#bbaadb text on a black background

contrast 9.89:1

Card sample

#bbaadb text on a white background

contrast 2.12:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #bbaadb;
Background color
Panel with #bbaadb background
background-color: #bbaadb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #bbaadb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(187, 170, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(187, 170, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bbaadb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbaadb, #DBAADA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bbaadb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bbaadb in the Color Lab