#BBB6CC#BBB6CC

#BBB6CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.031 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6CC
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 204)
HSL	hsl(254, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 5.98, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 12.05, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0138 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.031 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1185, 48.3802, 63.9183)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6CC #C7CCB6

analogous

#B6BCCC #BBB6CC #C6B6CC

triadic

#BBB6CC #CCBBB6 #B6CCBB

tetradic

#BBB6CC #CCB6BC #C7CCB6 #B6CCC6

square

#BBB6CC #CCB6BC #C7CCB6 #B6CCC6

split-complementary

#BBB6CC #CCC6B6 #BCCCB6

monochromatic

#786E9A #9992B3 #BBB6CC #DDDAE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#BBB6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6CC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6CC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.031 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdb',
    500: '#bbb6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6cc;
$custom-light: #cfcbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 17.742,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.03129,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6CC

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4989

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6CC

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

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