#BBB5CE#BBB5CE

#BBB5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.036 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5CE
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(254, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 6.93, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 13.72, 300.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0159 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.036 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.1558, 48.0686, 65.1217)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5CE #C8CEB5

analogous

#B5BBCE #BBB5CE #C7B5CE

triadic

#BBB5CE #CEBBB5 #B5CEBB

tetradic

#BBB5CE #CEB5BB #C8CEB5 #B5CEC7

square

#BBB5CE #CEB5BB #C8CEB5 #B5CEC7

split-complementary

#BBB5CE #CEC7B5 #BBCEB5

monochromatic

#776B9D #9990B6 #BBB5CE #DDDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BBB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5CE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5CE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.036 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdd',
    500: '#bbb5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ce;
$custom-light: #cfcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78594,
    "c": 0.03563,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F478A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5CE

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

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