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#bbaadd

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

RGB
187, 170, 221
HSL
260°, 43%, 77%
CMYK
15, 23, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4453

Every format

HEX#bbaadd
RGBrgb(187, 170, 221)
HSLhsl(260, 43%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 23%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(72.6 16.1 -23.5)
LCHlch(72.6 28.5 304.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.770 0.074 299.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #bbaadd;
background-color: #bbaadd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#bbaadd] bg-[#bbaadd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #bbaadd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.733, green: 0.667, blue: 0.867)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#bbaadd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#bbaadd on white: 2.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#bbaadd on black: 9.91:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

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

CMYK percentages

Cyan15.4%
Magenta23.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)13.3%

Color previews

#bbaadd text on a black background

contrast 9.91:1

Card sample

#bbaadd text on a white background

contrast 2.12:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(187, 170, 221, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(187, 170, 221, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #bbaadd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bbaadd, #DDAADD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #bbaadd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #bbaadd in the Color Lab