#BBB3E2#BBB3E2

#BBB3E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.067 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3E2
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 226)
HSL	hsl(250, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 12.25, -22.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 25.62, 298.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0256 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.067 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.3381, 48.2955, 78.6067)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3E2 #DAE2B3

analogous

#B3C3E2 #BBB3E2 #D3B3E2

triadic

#BBB3E2 #E2BBB3 #B3E2BB

tetradic

#BBB3E2 #E2B3C3 #DAE2B3 #B3E2D3

square

#BBB3E2 #E2B3C3 #DAE2B3 #B3E2D3

split-complementary

#BBB3E2 #E2D3B3 #C3E2B3

monochromatic

#6C5AC0 #9387D1 #BBB3E2 #E3DFF3 #EBE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBB3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3E2

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3E2	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B9E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.067 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9eb',
    500: '#bbb3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3e2;
$custom-light: #d0c9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.213,
    "s": 44.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7892,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3E2

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B82EA0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3E2

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

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