#BBB5CB#BBB5CB

#BBB5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.031 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5CB
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, 6.32, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 12.12, 301.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.0149 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.031 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7948, 47.9243, 63.2207)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5CB #C5CBB5

analogous

#B5BACB #BBB5CB #C6B5CB

triadic

#BBB5CB #CBBBB5 #B5CBBB

tetradic

#BBB5CB #CBB5BA #C5CBB5 #B5CBC6

square

#BBB5CB #CBB5BA #C5CBB5 #B5CBC6

split-complementary

#BBB5CB #CBC6B5 #BACBB5

monochromatic

#796D98 #9A91B2 #BBB5CB #DCD9E4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5CB

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5CB	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#B1B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.031 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbda',
    500: '#bbb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5cb;
$custom-light: #cfcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 17.46,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78492,
    "c": 0.03149,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5CB

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4A85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5CB

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

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