#BBB0C8#BBB0C8

#BBB0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.036 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB0C8
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(268, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 8.45, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 13.67, 308.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0211 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.036 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4423, 45.7857, 61.0232)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB0C8 #BDC8B0

analogous

#B0B1C8 #BBB0C8 #C7B0C8

triadic

#BBB0C8 #C8BBB0 #B0C8BB

tetradic

#BBB0C8 #C8B0B1 #BDC8B0 #B0C8C7

square

#BBB0C8 #C8B0B1 #BDC8B0 #B0C8C7

split-complementary

#BBB0C8 #C8C7B0 #B1C8B0

monochromatic

#7D6896 #9C8CAF #BBB0C8 #DAD4E1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BBB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB0C8

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB0C8	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.036 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc7d8',
    500: '#bbb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb0c8;
$custom-light: #cfc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77393,
    "c": 0.03575,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB0C8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4976

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB0C8

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

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