#BBB4CE#BBB4CE

#BBB4CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.037 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4CE
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(256, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 7.47, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 14.32, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.0174 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.037 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9532, 47.6634, 65.0542)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4CE #C7CEB4

analogous

#B4BACE #BBB4CE #C8B4CE

triadic

#BBB4CE #CEBBB4 #B4CEBB

tetradic

#BBB4CE #CEB4BA #C7CEB4 #B4CEC8

square

#BBB4CE #CEB4BA #C7CEB4 #B4CEC8

split-complementary

#BBB4CE #CEC8B4 #BACEB4

monochromatic

#786A9E #998FB6 #BBB4CE #DDD9E6 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BBB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4CE

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4CE	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.037 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcadd',
    500: '#bbb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4ce;
$custom-light: #cfcadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.03722,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4687

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4CE

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

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