#BBB6C8#BBB6C8

#BBB6C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.026 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6C8
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(257, 14%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(257, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, 5.18, -8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 9.92, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% 0.0123 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.026 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6449, 48.1908, 61.4241)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6C8 #C3C8B6

analogous

#B6BAC8 #BBB6C8 #C4B6C8

triadic

#BBB6C8 #C8BBB6 #B6C8BB

tetradic

#BBB6C8 #C8B6BA #C3C8B6 #B6C8C4

square

#BBB6C8 #C8B6BA #C3C8B6 #B6C8C4

split-complementary

#BBB6C8 #C8C4B6 #BAC8B6

monochromatic

#7A7093 #9A93AE #BBB6C8 #DCD9E2 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BBB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6C8

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6C8	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.026 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbd8',
    500: '#bbb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6c8;
$custom-light: #cfcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78594,
    "c": 0.02577,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984D83

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6C8

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

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