#BBB2CC#BBB2CC

#BBB2CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.038 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2CC
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(261, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, 8.16, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 14.50, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0196 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.038 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3110, 46.7652, 63.6492)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2CC #C3CCB2

analogous

#B2B6CC #BBB2CC #C8B2CC

triadic

#BBB2CC #CCBBB2 #B2CCBB

tetradic

#BBB2CC #CCB2B6 #C3CCB2 #B2CCC8

square

#BBB2CC #CCB2B6 #C3CCB2 #B2CCC8

split-complementary

#BBB2CC #CCC8B2 #B6CCB2

monochromatic

#7A689B #9A8DB4 #BBB2CC #DCD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BBB2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2CC

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2CC	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.038 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9db',
    500: '#bbb2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2cc;
$custom-light: #cfc9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 20.313,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77927,
    "c": 0.03775,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4780

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2CC

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

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