#BBB3CD#BBB3CD

#BBB3CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.037 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3CD
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(258, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, 7.81, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 14.41, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% 0.0185 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.037 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6310, 47.2127, 64.3494)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3CD #C5CDB3

analogous

#B3B8CD #BBB3CD #C8B3CD

triadic

#BBB3CD #CDBBB3 #B3CDBB

tetradic

#BBB3CD #CDB3B8 #C5CDB3 #B3CDC8

square

#BBB3CD #CDB3B8 #C5CDB3 #B3CDC8

split-complementary

#BBB3CD #CDC8B3 #B8CDB3

monochromatic

#79699C #9A8EB5 #BBB3CD #DCD8E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BBB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3CD

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3CD	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.037 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9dc',
    500: '#bbb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3cd;
$custom-light: #cfc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.03747,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4684

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3CD

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

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