#BBB2DE#BBB2DE

#BBB2DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.063 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2DE
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(252, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, 11.92, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 24.08, 299.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0257 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.063 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5959, 47.6792, 75.6832)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2DE #D5DEB2

analogous

#B2BFDE #BBB2DE #D1B2DE

triadic

#BBB2DE #DEBBB2 #B2DEBB

tetradic

#BBB2DE #DEB2BF #D5DEB2 #B2DED1

square

#BBB2DE #DEB2BF #D5DEB2 #B2DED1

split-complementary

#BBB2DE #DED1B2 #BFDEB2

monochromatic

#6F5CB9 #9587CC #BBB2DE #E1DDF0 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BBB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2DE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2DE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.063 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e8',
    500: '#bbb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2de;
$custom-light: #cfc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.273,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78573,
    "c": 0.06253,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2DE

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B33299

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2DE

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

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