#BBB3DC#BBB3DC

#BBB3DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.058 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3DC
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(252, 37%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(252, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 10.95, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 22.41, 299.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0236 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.058 294)
XYZ	xyz(49.5291, 47.9720, 74.3464)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3DC #D4DCB3

analogous

#B3BFDC #BBB3DC #CFB3DC

triadic

#BBB3DC #DCBBB3 #B3DCBB

tetradic

#BBB3DC #DCB3BF #D4DCB3 #B3DCCF

square

#BBB3DC #DCB3BF #D4DCB3 #B3DCCF

split-complementary

#BBB3DC #DCCFB3 #BFDCB3

monochromatic

#705FB5 #9689C9 #BBB3DC #E0DDEF #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3DC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3DC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.058 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e7',
    500: '#bbb3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3dc;
$custom-light: #cfc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.707,
    "s": 36.937,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78694,
    "c": 0.05819,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.47972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3DC

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B03698

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3DC

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

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