#BBB6C2#BBB6C2

#BBB6C2 is a light, near-neutral violet. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.018 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6C2
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 194)
HSL	hsl(265, 9%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 6%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 6.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, 4.01, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 6.76, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% 0.0101 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.018 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9574, 47.9158, 57.8033)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6C2 #BDC2B6

analogous

#B6B7C2 #BBB6C2 #C1B6C2

triadic

#BBB6C2 #C2BBB6 #B6C2BB

tetradic

#BBB6C2 #C2B6B7 #BDC2B6 #B6C2C1

square

#BBB6C2 #C2B6B7 #BDC2B6 #B6C2C1

split-complementary

#BBB6C2 #C2C1B6 #B7C2B6

monochromatic

#7D738A #9C95A6 #BBB6C2 #DAD7DE #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BBB6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#BBB6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6C2

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6C2	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.018 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd4',
    500: '#bbb6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6c2;
$custom-light: #cfcbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 8.955,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78401,
    "c": 0.01763,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6C2

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#935378

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6C2

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

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