#BBB4DA#BBB4DA

#BBB4DA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.054 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4DA
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(251, 34%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, 9.97, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 20.74, 298.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0215 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.054 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4670, 48.2690, 73.0268)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4DA #D3DAB4

analogous

#B4C0DA #BBB4DA #CEB4DA

triadic

#BBB4DA #DABBB4 #B4DABB

tetradic

#BBB4DA #DAB4C0 #D3DAB4 #B4DACE

square

#BBB4DA #DAB4C0 #D3DAB4 #B4DACE

split-complementary

#BBB4DA #DACEB4 #C0DAB4

monochromatic

#7162B2 #968BC6 #BBB4DA #E0DDEE #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#BBB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4DA

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4DA	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.054 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcae5',
    500: '#bbb4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4da;
$custom-light: #cfcae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.053,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78818,
    "c": 0.05386,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4DA

secondary

#E9ECDF

accent

#AD3997

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4DA

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

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