#BBB5D0#BBB5D0

#BBB5D0 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.038 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5D0
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 208)
HSL	hsl(253, 22%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 13%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, 7.34, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 14.78, 299.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0166 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.038 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4003, 48.1664, 66.4095)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5D0 #CAD0B5

analogous

#B5BDD0 #BBB5D0 #C9B5D0

triadic

#BBB5D0 #D0BBB5 #B5D0BB

tetradic

#BBB5D0 #D0B5BD #CAD0B5 #B5D0C9

square

#BBB5D0 #D0B5BD #CAD0B5 #B5D0C9

split-complementary

#BBB5D0 #D0C9B5 #BDD0B5

monochromatic

#766AA0 #9990B8 #BBB5D0 #DDDAE8 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BBB5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5D0

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5D0	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.038 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbde',
    500: '#bbb5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5d0;
$custom-light: #cfcbde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 22.314,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78662,
    "c": 0.03839,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5D0

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#A1458C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5D0

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

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