#BBB1CB#BBB1CB

#BBB1CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.038 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1CB
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 8.50, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 14.60, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0207 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.038 303)
XYZ	xyz(46.9932, 46.3209, 62.9535)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1CB #C1CBB1

analogous

#B1B4CB #BBB1CB #C8B1CB

triadic

#BBB1CB #CBBBB1 #B1CBBB

tetradic

#BBB1CB #CBB1B4 #C1CBB1 #B1CBC8

square

#BBB1CB #CBB1B4 #C1CBB1 #B1CBC8

split-complementary

#BBB1CB #CBC8B1 #B4CBB1

monochromatic

#7B689A #9B8CB3 #BBB1CB #DBD6E3 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBB1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1CB

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1CB	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.038 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8da',
    500: '#bbb1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1cb;
$custom-light: #cfc8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77694,
    "c": 0.03805,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.46321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E477D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1CB

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

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