#BBB2C0#BBB2C0

#BBB2C0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.022 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C0
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 192)
HSL	hsl(279, 10%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(279, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 5.79, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 8.31, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% 0.0152 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.022 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9268, 46.2115, 56.3592)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C0 #B7C0B2

analogous

#B4B2C0 #BBB2C0 #C0B2BE

triadic

#BBB2C0 #C0BBB2 #B2C0BB

tetradic

#BBB2C0 #C0B4B2 #B7C0B2 #B2BEC0

square

#BBB2C0 #C0B4B2 #B7C0B2 #B2BEC0

split-complementary

#BBB2C0 #BEC0B2 #B2C0B4

monochromatic

#7F6F88 #9D90A4 #BBB2C0 #D9D4DC #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB2C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BBB2C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C0

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C0	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.022 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d3',
    500: '#bbb2c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c0;
$custom-light: #cfc9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 10,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7753,
    "c": 0.02197,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C0

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#945169

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C0

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

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