#BBB2CB#BBB2CB

#BBB2CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.036 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2CB
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(262, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, 7.96, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 13.97, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.0192 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.036 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1914, 46.7174, 63.0195)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2CB #C2CBB2

analogous

#B2B6CB #BBB2CB #C8B2CB

triadic

#BBB2CB #CBBBB2 #B2CBBB

tetradic

#BBB2CB #CBB2B6 #C2CBB2 #B2CBC8

square

#BBB2CB #CBB2B6 #C2CBB2 #B2CBC8

split-complementary

#BBB2CB #CBC8B2 #B6CBB2

monochromatic

#7A699A #9B8DB2 #BBB2CB #DBD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBB2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2CB

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2CB	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.036 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9da',
    500: '#bbb2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2cb;
$custom-light: #cfc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 19.38,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77893,
    "c": 0.03639,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E487F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2CB

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

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