#BBB2E2#BBB2E2

#BBB2E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.068 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2E2
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 21.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, 12.79, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 26.22, 299.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.027 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.068 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1384, 47.8962, 78.5402)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2E2 #D9E2B2

analogous

#B2C1E2 #BBB2E2 #D3B2E2

triadic

#BBB2E2 #E2BBB2 #B2E2BB

tetradic

#BBB2E2 #E2B2C1 #D9E2B2 #B2E2D3

square

#BBB2E2 #E2B2C1 #D9E2B2 #B2E2D3

split-complementary

#BBB2E2 #E2D3B2 #C1E2B2

monochromatic

#6C59C1 #9486D1 #BBB2E2 #E2DEF3 #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBB2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2E2

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2E2	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.068 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9eb',
    500: '#bbb2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2e2;
$custom-light: #d0c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78725,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2E2

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#B82D9E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2E2

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

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