#BBB5CA#BBB5CA

#BBB5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.030 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5CA
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(257, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 6.12, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 11.59, 301.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% 0.0145 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.03 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6761, 47.8767, 62.5951)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5CA #C4CAB5

analogous

#B5B9CA #BBB5CA #C5B5CA

triadic

#BBB5CA #CABBB5 #B5CABB

tetradic

#BBB5CA #CAB5B9 #C4CAB5 #B5CAC5

square

#BBB5CA #CAB5B9 #C4CAB5 #B5CAC5

split-complementary

#BBB5CA #CAC5B5 #B9CAB5

monochromatic

#796E97 #9A91B0 #BBB5CA #DCD9E4 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5CA

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5CA	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.030 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbda',
    500: '#bbb5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ca;
$custom-light: #cfcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78459,
    "c": 0.03012,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4B84

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5CA

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

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