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#bbaadc

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

RGB
187, 170, 220
HSL
260°, 42%, 77%
CMYK
15, 23, 0, 14
Luminance
0.4448

Every format

HEX#bbaadc
RGBrgb(187, 170, 220)
HSLhsl(260, 42%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 23%, 0%, 14%)
LABlab(72.5 15.9 -23.0)
LCHlch(72.5 27.9 304.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.769 0.073 300.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bbaadc;
background-color: #bbaadc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bbaadc] bg-[#bbaadc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bbaadc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.733, green: 0.667, blue: 0.863)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bbaadc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bbaadc on white: 2.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bbaadc on black: 9.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red73.3%
Green66.7%
Blue86.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.0%
Magenta22.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)13.7%

Color previews

#bbaadc text on a black background

contrast 9.90:1

Card sample

#bbaadc text on a white background

contrast 2.12:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(187, 170, 220, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(187, 170, 220, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bbaadc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbaadc, #DCAADC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bbaadc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bbaadc in the Color Lab