#BBB2E5#BBB2E5

#BBB2E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.072 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2E5
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(251, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, 13.46, -24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 27.82, 298.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.0279 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.072 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5536, 48.0623, 80.7271)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2E5 #DCE5B2

analogous

#B2C3E5 #BBB2E5 #D5B2E5

triadic

#BBB2E5 #E5BBB2 #B2E5BB

tetradic

#BBB2E5 #E5B2C3 #DCE5B2 #B2E5D5

square

#BBB2E5 #E5B2C3 #DCE5B2 #B2E5D5

split-complementary

#BBB2E5 #E5D5B2 #C3E5B2

monochromatic

#6A56C6 #9384D6 #BBB2E5 #E3E0F4 #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBB2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2E5

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2E5	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.072 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9ed',
    500: '#bbb2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2e5;
$custom-light: #d0c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78841,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2E5

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BD29A3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2E5

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

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