#BBB2DD#BBB2DD

#BBB2DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.061 H 294.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2DD
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 221)
HSL	hsl(253, 39%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(253, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 11.71, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 23.54, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0254 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.061 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4623, 47.6257, 74.9794)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2DD #D4DDB2

analogous

#B2BEDD #BBB2DD #D0B2DD

triadic

#BBB2DD #DDBBB2 #B2DDBB

tetradic

#BBB2DD #DDB2BE #D4DDB2 #B2DDD0

square

#BBB2DD #DDB2BE #D4DDB2 #B2DDD0

split-complementary

#BBB2DD #DDD0B2 #BEDDB2

monochromatic

#705DB8 #9688CA #BBB2DD #E0DCF0 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBB2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2DD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2DD	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.061 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e7',
    500: '#bbb2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2dd;
$custom-light: #cfc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.558,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.06114,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2DD

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B23497

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2DD

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

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