#BBB3CF#BBB3CF

#BBB3CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.040 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3CF
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(257, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(257, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 8.22, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 15.47, 302.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.0192 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.04 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8739, 47.3099, 65.6290)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3CF #C7CFB3

analogous

#B3B9CF #BBB3CF #C9B3CF

triadic

#BBB3CF #CFBBB3 #B3CFBB

tetradic

#BBB3CF #CFB3B9 #C7CFB3 #B3CFC9

square

#BBB3CF #CFB3B9 #C7CFB3 #B3CFC9

split-complementary

#BBB3CF #CFC9B3 #B9CFB3

monochromatic

#7868A0 #998DB7 #BBB3CF #DDD9E7 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BBB3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BBB3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3CF

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3CF	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.040 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9dd',
    500: '#bbb3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3cf;
$custom-light: #cfc9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78229,
    "c": 0.04021,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3CF

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A14487

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3CF

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

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