#BBB6CD#BBB6CD

#BBB6CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.033 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6CD
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 11.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, 6.18, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 12.58, 299.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% 0.0141 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.033 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2388, 48.4283, 64.5520)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6CD #C8CDB6

analogous

#B6BCCD #BBB6CD #C6B6CD

triadic

#BBB6CD #CDBBB6 #B6CDBB

tetradic

#BBB6CD #CDB6BC #C8CDB6 #B6CDC6

square

#BBB6CD #CDB6BC #C8CDB6 #B6CDC6

split-complementary

#BBB6CD #CDC6B6 #BCCDB6

monochromatic

#776D9B #9992B4 #BBB6CD #DDDAE6 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBB6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBB6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6CD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6CD	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.033 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdc',
    500: '#bbb6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6cd;
$custom-light: #cfcbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 18.699,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.03267,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D488B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6CD

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

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