#BBB3CE#BBB3CE

#BBB3CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.039 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3CE
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(258, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, 8.02, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 14.94, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0189 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.039 299)
XYZ	xyz(47.7521, 47.2612, 64.9872)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3CE #C6CEB3

analogous

#B3B8CE #BBB3CE #C8B3CE

triadic

#BBB3CE #CEBBB3 #B3CEBB

tetradic

#BBB3CE #CEB3B8 #C6CEB3 #B3CEC8

square

#BBB3CE #CEB3B8 #C6CEB3 #B3CEC8

split-complementary

#BBB3CE #CEC8B3 #B8CEB3

monochromatic

#78699E #9A8EB6 #BBB3CE #DCD8E6 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BBB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3CE

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3CE	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.039 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9dd',
    500: '#bbb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3ce;
$custom-light: #cfc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 21.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78194,
    "c": 0.03884,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.47261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04585

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3CE

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

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