#BBB6CA#BBB6CA

#BBB6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6CA
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 16%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(255, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 5.58, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 10.98, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.013 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.029 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8801, 48.2849, 62.6631)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6CA #C5CAB6

analogous

#B6BBCA #BBB6CA #C5B6CA

triadic

#BBB6CA #CABBB6 #B6CABB

tetradic

#BBB6CA #CAB6BB #C5CAB6 #B6CAC5

square

#BBB6CA #CAB6BB #C5CAB6 #B6CAC5

split-complementary

#BBB6CA #CAC5B6 #BBCAB6

monochromatic

#796F97 #9A93B0 #BBB6CA #DCD9E4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBB6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6CA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6CA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbda',
    500: '#bbb6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6ca;
$custom-light: #cfcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 15.873,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.02852,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4B86

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6CA

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

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