#BBB2C4#BBB2C4

#BBB2C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.027 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C4
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(270, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, 6.57, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 10.33, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0167 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.027 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3760, 46.3912, 58.7251)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C4 #BBC4B2

analogous

#B2B2C4 #BBB2C4 #C4B2C4

triadic

#BBB2C4 #C4BBB2 #B2C4BB

tetradic

#BBB2C4 #C4B2B2 #BBC4B2 #B2C4C4

square

#BBB2C4 #C4B2B2 #BBC4B2 #B2C4C4

split-complementary

#BBB2C4 #C4C4B2 #B2C4B2

monochromatic

#7E6D8E #9C8FA9 #BBB2C4 #DAD5DF #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBB2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C4

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C4	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)

#AFB5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.027 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d5',
    500: '#bbb2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c4;
$custom-light: #cfc9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77659,
    "c": 0.02707,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C4

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#974E73

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C4

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

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