#BBB3CA#BBB3CA

#BBB3CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.033 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3CA
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, 7.21, -10.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 12.82, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0174 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.033 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2723, 47.0693, 62.4605)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3CA #C2CAB3

analogous

#B3B7CA #BBB3CA #C7B3CA

triadic

#BBB3CA #CABBB3 #B3CABB

tetradic

#BBB3CA #CAB3B7 #C2CAB3 #B3CAC7

square

#BBB3CA #CAB3B7 #C2CAB3 #B3CAC7

split-complementary

#BBB3CA #CAC7B3 #B7CAB3

monochromatic

#7A6B98 #9B8FB1 #BBB3CA #DBD7E3 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#BBB3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3CA

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3CA	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.033 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9da',
    500: '#bbb3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3ca;
$custom-light: #cfc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 17.829,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C497F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3CA

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

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