#BBB5C2#BBB5C2

#BBB5C2 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.019 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5C2
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(268, 10%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(268, 7%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 4.55, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 7.39, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% 0.0115 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.019 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7533, 47.5076, 57.7353)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5C2 #BCC2B5

analogous

#B5B5C2 #BBB5C2 #C1B5C2

triadic

#BBB5C2 #C2BBB5 #B5C2BB

tetradic

#BBB5C2 #C2B5B5 #BCC2B5 #B5C2C1

square

#BBB5C2 #C2B5B5 #BCC2B5 #B5C2C1

split-complementary

#BBB5C2 #C2C1B5 #B5C2B5

monochromatic

#7D728A #9C93A6 #BBB5C2 #DAD7DE #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BBB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5C2

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5C2	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.019 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd4',
    500: '#bbb5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5c2;
$custom-light: #cfcbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 9.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78199,
    "c": 0.01933,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#945275

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5C2

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

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