#BBB1CD#BBB1CD

#BBB1CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.041 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1CD
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 8.91, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 15.65, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0214 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.041 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2330, 46.4168, 64.2168)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1CD #C3CDB1

analogous

#B1B5CD #BBB1CD #C9B1CD

triadic

#BBB1CD #CDBBB1 #B1CDBB

tetradic

#BBB1CD #CDB1B5 #C3CDB1 #B1CDC9

square

#BBB1CD #CDB1B5 #C3CDB1 #B1CDC9

split-complementary

#BBB1CD #CDC9B1 #B5CDB1

monochromatic

#7A669D #9A8CB5 #BBB1CD #DCD6E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1CD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1CD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.041 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8dc',
    500: '#bbb1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1cd;
$custom-light: #cfc8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77762,
    "c": 0.04075,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04580

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1CD

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

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