#BBB5C8#BBB5C8

#BBB5C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.027 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5C8
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(259, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 5.73, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 10.53, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.0138 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.027 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4408, 47.7826, 61.3561)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5C8 #C2C8B5

analogous

#B5B9C8 #BBB5C8 #C5B5C8

triadic

#BBB5C8 #C8BBB5 #B5C8BB

tetradic

#BBB5C8 #C8B5B9 #C2C8B5 #B5C8C5

square

#BBB5C8 #C8B5B9 #C2C8B5 #B5C8C5

split-complementary

#BBB5C8 #C8C5B5 #B9C8B5

monochromatic

#7A6F94 #9B92AE #BBB5C8 #DBD8E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5C8

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5C8	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.027 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd8',
    500: '#bbb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5c8;
$custom-light: #cfcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 14.729,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78393,
    "c": 0.02739,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#994D81

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5C8

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

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