#BBB2C2#BBB2C2

#BBB2C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.025 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C2
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 6.18, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 9.31, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% 0.016 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.025 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1499, 46.3008, 57.5342)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C2 #B9C2B2

analogous

#B3B2C2 #BBB2C2 #C2B2C1

triadic

#BBB2C2 #C2BBB2 #B2C2BB

tetradic

#BBB2C2 #C2B3B2 #B9C2B2 #B2C1C2

square

#BBB2C2 #C2B3B2 #B9C2B2 #B2C1C2

split-complementary

#BBB2C2 #C1C2B2 #B2C2B3

monochromatic

#7F6E8B #9D90A7 #BBB2C2 #D9D4DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BBB2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C2

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C2	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)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.025 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d4',
    500: '#bbb2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c2;
$custom-light: #cfc9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 11.594,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77594,
    "c": 0.0245,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#96506E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C2

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

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