#BBB3DD#BBB3DD

#BBB3DD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.060 H 293.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3DD
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(251, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 11.16, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 22.94, 299.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.024 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.06 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6620, 48.0251, 75.0460)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3DD #D5DDB3

analogous

#B3C0DD #BBB3DD #D0B3DD

triadic

#BBB3DD #DDBBB3 #B3DDBB

tetradic

#BBB3DD #DDB3C0 #D5DDB3 #B3DDD0

square

#BBB3DD #DDB3C0 #D5DDB3 #B3DDD0

split-complementary

#BBB3DD #DDD0B3 #C0DDB3

monochromatic

#6F5EB7 #9589CA #BBB3DD #E1DDF0 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3DD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3DD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.060 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e7',
    500: '#bbb3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3dd;
$custom-light: #cfc9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78732,
    "c": 0.05958,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3DD

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B13499

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3DD

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

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