#BBB2C7#BBB2C7

#BBB2C7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.031 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C7
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 199)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 10.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, 7.16, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 11.88, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0178 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.031 305)
XYZ	xyz(46.7209, 46.5292, 60.5414)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C7 #BEC7B2

analogous

#B2B4C7 #BBB2C7 #C6B2C7

triadic

#BBB2C7 #C7BBB2 #B2C7BB

tetradic

#BBB2C7 #C7B2B4 #BEC7B2 #B2C7C6

square

#BBB2C7 #C7B2B4 #BEC7B2 #B2C7C6

split-complementary

#BBB2C7 #C7C6B2 #B4C7B2

monochromatic

#7C6B93 #9C8FAD #BBB2C7 #DAD5E1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBB2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C7

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C7	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.031 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d8',
    500: '#bbb2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c7;
$custom-light: #cfc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77758,
    "c": 0.03102,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.46529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C7

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4B78

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C7

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

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