#BBB2C8#BBB2C8

#BBB2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.032 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2C8
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(265, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, 7.36, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 12.40, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.0182 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.032 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8374, 46.5758, 61.1549)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2C8 #BFC8B2

analogous

#B2B4C8 #BBB2C8 #C6B2C8

triadic

#BBB2C8 #C8BBB2 #B2C8BB

tetradic

#BBB2C8 #C8B2B4 #BFC8B2 #B2C8C6

square

#BBB2C8 #C8B2B4 #BFC8B2 #B2C8C6

split-complementary

#BBB2C8 #C8C6B2 #B4C8B2

monochromatic

#7C6B95 #9B8EAF #BBB2C8 #DBD6E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BBB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2C8

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2C8	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.032 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d8',
    500: '#bbb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2c8;
$custom-light: #cfc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.545,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77791,
    "c": 0.03236,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B7A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2C8

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

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