#BBB4DB#BBB4DB

#BBB4DB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.055 H 293.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4DB
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(251, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 10.18, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 21.27, 298.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0219 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.055 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5982, 48.3215, 73.7181)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4DB #D4DBB4

analogous

#B4C0DB #BBB4DB #CEB4DB

triadic

#BBB4DB #DBBBB4 #B4DBBB

tetradic

#BBB4DB #DBB4C0 #D4DBB4 #B4DBCE

square

#BBB4DB #DBB4C0 #D4DBB4 #B4DBCE

split-complementary

#BBB4DB #DBCEB4 #C0DBB4

monochromatic

#7061B3 #968BC7 #BBB4DB #E0DDEF #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4DB

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4DB	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.055 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcae6',
    500: '#bbb4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4db;
$custom-light: #cfcae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.769,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78854,
    "c": 0.05525,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4DB

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AE3899

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4DB

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

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