#BBB4C2#BBB4C2

#BBB4C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.021 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4C2
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(270, 10%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(270, 7%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, 5.09, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 8.03, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.013 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.021 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.5507, 47.1024, 57.6678)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4C2 #BBC2B4

analogous

#B4B4C2 #BBB4C2 #C2B4C2

triadic

#BBB4C2 #C2BBB4 #B4C2BB

tetradic

#BBB4C2 #C2B4B4 #BBC2B4 #B4C2C2

square

#BBB4C2 #C2B4B4 #BBC2B4 #B4C2C2

split-complementary

#BBB4C2 #C2C2B4 #B4C2B4

monochromatic

#7E718B #9C92A7 #BBB4C2 #DAD6DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBB4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BBB4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4C2

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4C2	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.021 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcad4',
    500: '#bbb4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4c2;
$custom-light: #cfcad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.294,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77997,
    "c": 0.02104,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#945173

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4C2

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

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