#BBB4CD#BBB4CD

#BBB4CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.036 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4CD
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(257, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 7.27, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 13.79, 301.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% 0.017 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.036 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8321, 47.6150, 64.4165)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4CD #C6CDB4

analogous

#B4B9CD #BBB4CD #C7B4CD

triadic

#BBB4CD #CDBBB4 #B4CDBB

tetradic

#BBB4CD #CDB4B9 #C6CDB4 #B4CDC7

square

#BBB4CD #CDB4B9 #C6CDB4 #B4CDC7

split-complementary

#BBB4CD #CDC7B4 #B9CDB4

monochromatic

#786B9C #9A8FB5 #BBB4CD #DCD9E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BBB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4CD

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4CD	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.036 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcadc',
    500: '#bbb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4cd;
$custom-light: #cfcadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7836,
    "c": 0.03584,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4786

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4CD

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

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