#BBB2CA#BBB2CA

#BBB2CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.035 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2CA
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(263, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, 7.75, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 13.45, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0189 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.035 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0726, 46.6699, 62.3940)
Luminance	0.4667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2CA #C1CAB2

analogous

#B2B5CA #BBB2CA #C7B2CA

triadic

#BBB2CA #CABBB2 #B2CABB

tetradic

#BBB2CA #CAB2B5 #C1CAB2 #B2CAC7

square

#BBB2CA #CAB2B5 #C1CAB2 #B2CAC7

split-complementary

#BBB2CA #CAC7B2 #B5CAB2

monochromatic

#7B6A98 #9B8EB1 #BBB2CA #DBD6E3 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BBB2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2CA

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2CA	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.035 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9da',
    500: '#bbb2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2ca;
$custom-light: #cfc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77859,
    "c": 0.03504,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D497D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2CA

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

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