#BBB4CB#BBB4CB

#BBB4CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.033 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4CB
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 203)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, 6.87, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 12.73, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% 0.0163 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.033 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5922, 47.5191, 63.1532)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4CB #C4CBB4

analogous

#B4B8CB #BBB4CB #C6B4CB

triadic

#BBB4CB #CBBBB4 #B4CBBB

tetradic

#BBB4CB #CBB4B8 #C4CBB4 #B4CBC6

square

#BBB4CB #CBB4B8 #C4CBB4 #B4CBC6

split-complementary

#BBB4CB #CBC6B4 #B8CBB4

monochromatic

#796C99 #9A90B2 #BBB4CB #DCD8E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBB4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4CB

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4CB	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.033 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcada',
    500: '#bbb4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4cb;
$custom-light: #cfcada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 18.11,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78292,
    "c": 0.03311,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4CB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4983

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4CB

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

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