What is hex #BBACD4 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 73% red, 67% green and 83% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (187,172,212).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (12%, 19%, 0%, 17%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #BBACD4 features a hue of 262°, 19% saturation, and a brightness value of 83%.

Hex #BBACD4 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #BBACD4
RGB Values (187,172,212)
CMYK Values (12%, 19%, 0%, 17%)
HSV/HSB Values (262°, 19%, 83%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC99CC
Inverse Color
#44532B
Closest Pantone®
523 C
Closest RAL
RAL 7035 [Light grey]
Complementary Color
#C5D4AC

#BBACD4 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#BEBEBE
Lightness (Desaturation)
#C0C0C0
Weighted (BT601)
#B5B5B5
Luma (BT709)
#B2B2B2

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #BBACD4 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #BBACD4

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BBACD4.

Contrast Ratio: 2.11:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #BBACD4

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #BBACD4.

Contrast Ratio: 9.96:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #BBACD4 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #BBACD4 is #C5D4AC. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #BBACD4 you will find #C5D4AC. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#BBACD4 #C5D4AC

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #BBACD4 is composed with colors #ACB1D4 and #CFACD4. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BBACD4 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#ACB1D4 #BBACD4 #CFACD4

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #BBACD4 is composed with colors #B1D4AC and #D4CFAC. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#BBACD4 #B1D4AC #D4CFAC

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #BBACD4 is composed with colors #ACD4BB and #D4BBAC. They are located to the right and left of your main color #BBACD4 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#BBACD4 #ACD4BB #D4BBAC

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #BBACD4 is composed with colors #D4BBAC, #C5D4AC and #ACC5D4 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#BBACD4 #D4BBAC #C5D4AC #ACC5D4

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #BBACD4 is composed with colors #D4ACB1, #C5D4AC and #ACD4CF To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#BBACD4 #D4ACB1 #C5D4AC #ACD4CF

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #BBACD4

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #BBACD4.

#BBACD4 #C6B9DA #D1C6E1 #DCD4E8 #E7E1EF #F2EFF6 #FDFCFD #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#BBACD4 #BCB2CD #BEB8C7 #BFBEC1 #C0C0C0

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#BBACD4 #AF9ECD #A491C6 #9983BF #8E76B8 #8368B1 #785BAA #6F529E

Hex #BBACD4 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #BBACD4
Java new Color(187,172,212);
Python Color(#BBACD4)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 187,172,212);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.73, green: 0.67, blue: 0.83, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(187, 172, 212)