#BBB5CF#BBB5CF

#BBB5CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.037 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5CF
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(254, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 7.13, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 14.25, 300.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0163 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.037 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2777, 48.1174, 65.7636)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5CF #C9CFB5

analogous

#B5BCCF #BBB5CF #C8B5CF

triadic

#BBB5CF #CFBBB5 #B5CFBB

tetradic

#BBB5CF #CFB5BC #C9CFB5 #B5CFC8

square

#BBB5CF #CFB5BC #C9CFB5 #B5CFC8

split-complementary

#BBB5CF #CFC8B5 #BCCFB5

monochromatic

#776B9F #9990B7 #BBB5CF #DDDAE7 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#BBB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5CF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5CF	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.037 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdd',
    500: '#bbb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5cf;
$custom-light: #cfcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78628,
    "c": 0.03702,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5CF

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#A0468B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5CF

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

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