#BBB4DC#BBB4DC

#BBB4DC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.057 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4DC
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(251, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(251, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 10.40, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 21.81, 298.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0222 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.057 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7303, 48.3743, 74.4135)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4DC #D5DCB4

analogous

#B4C1DC #BBB4DC #CFB4DC

triadic

#BBB4DC #DCBBB4 #B4DCBB

tetradic

#BBB4DC #DCB4C1 #D5DCB4 #B4DCCF

square

#BBB4DC #DCB4C1 #D5DCB4 #B4DCCF

split-complementary

#BBB4DC #DCCFB4 #C1DCB4

monochromatic

#6F61B5 #958AC9 #BBB4DC #E1DEEF #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4DC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4DC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.057 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcae7',
    500: '#bbb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4dc;
$custom-light: #cfcae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78891,
    "c": 0.05665,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4DC

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AF369A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4DC

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

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