#BBB2C6#BBB2C6

#BBB2C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.030 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C6
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 198)
HSL	hsl(267, 15%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, 6.96, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 11.36, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0174 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.03 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6052, 46.4829, 59.9320)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C6 #BDC6B2

analogous

#B2B3C6 #BBB2C6 #C5B2C6

triadic

#BBB2C6 #C6BBB2 #B2C6BB

tetradic

#BBB2C6 #C6B2B3 #BDC6B2 #B2C6C5

square

#BBB2C6 #C6B2B3 #BDC6B2 #B2C6C5

split-complementary

#BBB2C6 #C6C5B2 #B3C6B2

monochromatic

#7D6C92 #9C8FAC #BBB2C6 #DAD5E0 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BBB2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C6

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C6	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.030 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d7',
    500: '#bbb2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c6;
$custom-light: #cfc9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 14.925,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77725,
    "c": 0.0297,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C6

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994C77

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C6

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

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