#BBB3C8#BBB3C8

#BBB3C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.031 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3C8
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(263, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(263, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, 6.81, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 11.77, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0167 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.031 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0371, 46.9751, 61.2215)
Luminance	0.4698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3C8 #C0C8B3

analogous

#B3B6C8 #BBB3C8 #C6B3C8

triadic

#BBB3C8 #C8BBB3 #B3C8BB

tetradic

#BBB3C8 #C8B3B6 #C0C8B3 #B3C8C6

square

#BBB3C8 #C8B3B6 #C0C8B3 #B3C8C6

split-complementary

#BBB3C8 #C8C6B3 #B6C8B3

monochromatic

#7B6C95 #9B8FAE #BBB3C8 #DBD7E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3C8

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3C8	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.031 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d8',
    500: '#bbb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3c8;
$custom-light: #cfc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.03069,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4B7C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3C8

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

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