#BBB2C3#BBB2C3

#BBB2C3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.026 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C3
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 195)
HSL	hsl(272, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 9%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 6.37, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 9.82, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.0163 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.026 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2626, 46.3458, 58.1276)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C3 #BAC3B2

analogous

#B2B2C3 #BBB2C3 #C3B2C2

triadic

#BBB2C3 #C3BBB2 #B2C3BB

tetradic

#BBB2C3 #C3B2B2 #BAC3B2 #B2C2C3

square

#BBB2C3 #C3B2B2 #BAC3B2 #B2C2C3

split-complementary

#BBB2C3 #C2C3B2 #B2C3B2

monochromatic

#7E6E8D #9D90A8 #BBB2C3 #D9D4DE #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BBB2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C3

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C3	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.026 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d5',
    500: '#bbb2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c3;
$custom-light: #cfc9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 12.409,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77627,
    "c": 0.02578,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C3

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#974F71

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C3

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

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