#BBB5CD#BBB5CD

#BBB5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.034 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5CD
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(255, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(255, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, 6.73, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 13.18, 300.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0156 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.034 297)
XYZ	xyz(48.0347, 48.0202, 64.4840)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5CD #C7CDB5

analogous

#B5BBCD #BBB5CD #C7B5CD

triadic

#BBB5CD #CDBBB5 #B5CDBB

tetradic

#BBB5CD #CDB5BB #C7CDB5 #B5CDC7

square

#BBB5CD #CDB5BB #C7CDB5 #B5CDC7

split-complementary

#BBB5CD #CDC7B5 #BBCDB5

monochromatic

#786C9C #9990B4 #BBB5CD #DDDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BBB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5CD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5CD	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.034 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdc',
    500: '#bbb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5cd;
$custom-light: #cfcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7856,
    "c": 0.03424,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.4802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9E4888

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5CD

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

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