#BBB3CC#BBB3CC

#BBB3CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.036 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3CC
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(259, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, 7.61, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 13.88, 303.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.0181 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.036 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5107, 47.1646, 63.7157)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3CC #C4CCB3

analogous

#B3B7CC #BBB3CC #C7B3CC

triadic

#BBB3CC #CCBBB3 #B3CCBB

tetradic

#BBB3CC #CCB3B7 #C4CCB3 #B3CCC7

square

#BBB3CC #CCB3B7 #C4CCB3 #B3CCC7

split-complementary

#BBB3CC #CCC7B3 #B7CCB3

monochromatic

#796A9B #9A8EB3 #BBB3CC #DCD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BBB3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3CC

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3CC	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.036 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9db',
    500: '#bbb3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3cc;
$custom-light: #cfc9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 19.685,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78126,
    "c": 0.0361,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4782

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3CC

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

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