#BBB4CC#BBB4CC

#BBB4CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.034 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4CC
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(258, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, 7.07, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 13.26, 302.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% 0.0167 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.034 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7118, 47.5669, 63.7828)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4CC #C5CCB4

analogous

#B4B9CC #BBB4CC #C7B4CC

triadic

#BBB4CC #CCBBB4 #B4CCBB

tetradic

#BBB4CC #CCB4B9 #C5CCB4 #B4CCC7

square

#BBB4CC #CCB4B9 #C5CCB4 #B4CCC7

split-complementary

#BBB4CC #CCC7B4 #B9CCB4

monochromatic

#796B9A #9A90B3 #BBB4CC #DCD8E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#BBB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4CC

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4CC	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.034 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcadb',
    500: '#bbb4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4cc;
$custom-light: #cfcadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78326,
    "c": 0.03448,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4885

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4CC

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

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