#BBB1CE#BBB1CE

#BBB1CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.042 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1CE
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 23%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 9.11, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 16.18, 304.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0218 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.042 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3541, 46.4653, 64.8545)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1CE #C4CEB1

analogous

#B1B5CE #BBB1CE #CAB1CE

triadic

#BBB1CE #CEBBB1 #B1CEBB

tetradic

#BBB1CE #CEB1B5 #C4CEB1 #B1CECA

square

#BBB1CE #CEB1B5 #C4CEB1 #B1CECA

split-complementary

#BBB1CE #CECAB1 #B5CEB1

monochromatic

#79669F #9A8BB6 #BBB1CE #DCD7E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BBB1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1CE

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1CE	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.042 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8dd',
    500: '#bbb1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1ce;
$custom-light: #cfc8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 22.835,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77797,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1CE

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A14481

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1CE

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

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