#BBB3C2#BBB3C2

#BBB3C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.023 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3C2
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 11%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, 5.63, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 8.67, 310.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% 0.0145 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.023 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3496, 46.7002, 57.6007)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3C2 #BAC2B3

analogous

#B3B3C2 #BBB3C2 #C2B3C1

triadic

#BBB3C2 #C2BBB3 #B3C2BB

tetradic

#BBB3C2 #C2B3B3 #BAC2B3 #B3C1C2

square

#BBB3C2 #C2B3B3 #BAC2B3 #B3C1C2

split-complementary

#BBB3C2 #C1C2B3 #B3C2B3

monochromatic

#7E708B #9D91A7 #BBB3C2 #D9D5DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBB3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBB3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3C2

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3C2	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.023 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d4',
    500: '#bbb3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3c2;
$custom-light: #cfc9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 10.949,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.02276,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3C2

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#955070

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3C2

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

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