#BBB6CB#BBB6CB

#BBB6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.030 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6CB
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(254, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 5.78, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 11.51, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% 0.0134 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.03 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9989, 48.3324, 63.2887)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6CB #C6CBB6

analogous

#B6BBCB #BBB6CB #C5B6CB

triadic

#BBB6CB #CBBBB6 #B6CBBB

tetradic

#BBB6CB #CBB6BB #C6CBB6 #B6CBC5

square

#BBB6CB #CBB6BB #C6CBB6 #B6CBC5

split-complementary

#BBB6CB #CBC5B6 #BBCBB6

monochromatic

#786F98 #9A92B2 #BBB6CB #DCDAE4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BBB6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6CB

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6CB	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.030 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbda',
    500: '#bbb6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6cb;
$custom-light: #cfcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 16.8,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78693,
    "c": 0.0299,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4A88

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6CB

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

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