#BBB3DE#BBB3DE

#BBB3DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.061 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3DE
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 222)
HSL	hsl(251, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 11.38, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 23.48, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0243 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.061 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7956, 48.0786, 75.7498)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3DE #D6DEB3

analogous

#B3C0DE #BBB3DE #D0B3DE

triadic

#BBB3DE #DEBBB3 #B3DEBB

tetradic

#BBB3DE #DEB3C0 #D6DEB3 #B3DED0

square

#BBB3DE #DEB3C0 #D6DEB3 #B3DED0

split-complementary

#BBB3DE #DED0B3 #C0DEB3

monochromatic

#6F5EB9 #9588CB #BBB3DE #E1DEF1 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBB3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3DE

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3DE	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.061 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e8',
    500: '#bbb3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3de;
$custom-light: #cfc9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.163,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.06097,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3DE

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B2339B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3DE

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

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