#BBB5CC#BBB5CC

#BBB5CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.033 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5CC
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(256, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, 6.52, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 12.65, 301.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% 0.0152 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.033 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9144, 47.9721, 63.8503)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5CC #C6CCB5

analogous

#B5BACC #BBB5CC #C6B5CC

triadic

#BBB5CC #CCBBB5 #B5CCBB

tetradic

#BBB5CC #CCB5BA #C6CCB5 #B5CCC6

square

#BBB5CC #CCB5BA #C6CCB5 #B5CCC6

split-complementary

#BBB5CC #CCC6B5 #BACCB5

monochromatic

#786D9A #9A91B3 #BBB5CC #DCD9E5 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#BBB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5CC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5CC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.033 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdb',
    500: '#bbb5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5cc;
$custom-light: #cfcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78526,
    "c": 0.03287,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4987

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5CC

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

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