#BBB3CB#BBB3CB

#BBB3CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.035 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3CB
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, 7.41, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 13.35, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% 0.0178 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.035 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3911, 47.1168, 63.0861)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3CB #C3CBB3

analogous

#B3B7CB #BBB3CB #C7B3CB

triadic

#BBB3CB #CBBBB3 #B3CBBB

tetradic

#BBB3CB #CBB3B7 #C3CBB3 #B3CBC7

square

#BBB3CB #CBB3B7 #C3CBB3 #B3CBC7

split-complementary

#BBB3CB #CBC7B3 #B7CBB3

monochromatic

#7A6A99 #9A8FB2 #BBB3CB #DCD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BBB3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3CB

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3CB	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.035 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9da',
    500: '#bbb3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3cb;
$custom-light: #cfc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78092,
    "c": 0.03474,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3CB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4881

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3CB

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

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