#BBB3DF#BBB3DF

#BBB3DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.062 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3DF
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 223)
HSL	hsl(251, 41%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 11.59, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 24.01, 298.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0246 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.062 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9300, 48.1323, 76.4577)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3DF #D7DFB3

analogous

#B3C1DF #BBB3DF #D1B3DF

triadic

#BBB3DF #DFBBB3 #B3DFBB

tetradic

#BBB3DF #DFB3C1 #D7DFB3 #B3DFD1

square

#BBB3DF #DFB3C1 #D7DFB3 #B3DFD1

split-complementary

#BBB3DF #DFD1B3 #C1DFB3

monochromatic

#6E5DBB #9488CD #BBB3DF #E2DEF1 #ECE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB3DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBB3DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3DF

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3DF	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.062 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9e9',
    500: '#bbb3df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3df;
$custom-light: #cfc9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78806,
    "c": 0.06237,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3DF

secondary

#EAEDDE

accent

#B4329C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3DF

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

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