#BBB4C8#BBB4C8

#BBB4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.029 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4C8
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(261, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, 6.27, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 11.15, 304.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0152 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.029 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2382, 47.3774, 61.2885)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4C8 #C1C8B4

analogous

#B4B7C8 #BBB4C8 #C5B4C8

triadic

#BBB4C8 #C8BBB4 #B4C8BB

tetradic

#BBB4C8 #C8B4B7 #C1C8B4 #B4C8C5

square

#BBB4C8 #C8B4B7 #C1C8B4 #B4C8C5

split-complementary

#BBB4C8 #C8C5B4 #B7C8B4

monochromatic

#7B6D94 #9B91AE #BBB4C8 #DBD7E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4C8

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4C8	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.029 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcad8',
    500: '#bbb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4c8;
$custom-light: #cfcad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78192,
    "c": 0.02902,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4C7E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4C8

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

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