#BBB1CA#BBB1CA

#BBB1CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.037 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1CA
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 202)
HSL	hsl(264, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 8.30, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 14.08, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0204 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.037 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8744, 46.2734, 62.3279)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1CA #C0CAB1

analogous

#B1B4CA #BBB1CA #C8B1CA

triadic

#BBB1CA #CABBB1 #B1CABB

tetradic

#BBB1CA #CAB1B4 #C0CAB1 #B1CAC8

square

#BBB1CA #CAB1B4 #C0CAB1 #B1CAC8

split-complementary

#BBB1CA #CAC8B1 #B4CAB1

monochromatic

#7B6898 #9B8DB1 #BBB1CA #DBD5E3 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BBB1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1CA

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1CA	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.037 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8da',
    500: '#bbb1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1ca;
$custom-light: #cfc8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 19.084,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77659,
    "c": 0.03671,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D487B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1CA

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

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