#BBB3DB#BBB3DB

#BBB3DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.057 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3DB
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(252, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 10.73, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 21.87, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0233 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.057 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3971, 47.9192, 73.6510)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3DB #D3DBB3

analogous

#B3BFDB #BBB3DB #CFB3DB

triadic

#BBB3DB #DBBBB3 #B3DBBB

tetradic

#BBB3DB #DBB3BF #D3DBB3 #B3DBCF

square

#BBB3DB #DBB3BF #D3DBB3 #B3DBCF

split-complementary

#BBB3DB #DBCFB3 #BFDBB3

monochromatic

#7160B4 #9689C7 #BBB3DB #E0DDEF #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3DB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3DB	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.057 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e6',
    500: '#bbb3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3db;
$custom-light: #cfc9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78658,
    "c": 0.0568,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3DB

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AF3797

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3DB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →