#BBB6CE#BBB6CE

#BBB6CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.034 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6CE
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(253, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(253, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, 6.39, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 13.11, 299.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% 0.0145 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.034 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3599, 48.4768, 65.1898)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6CE #C9CEB6

analogous

#B6BDCE #BBB6CE #C7B6CE

triadic

#BBB6CE #CEBBB6 #B6CEBB

tetradic

#BBB6CE #CEB6BD #C9CEB6 #B6CEC7

square

#BBB6CE #CEB6BD #C9CEB6 #B6CEC7

split-complementary

#BBB6CE #CEC7B6 #BDCEB6

monochromatic

#776D9D #9991B5 #BBB6CE #DDDBE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#BBB6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6CE

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6CE	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.034 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdd',
    500: '#bbb6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6ce;
$custom-light: #cfcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 19.672,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78794,
    "c": 0.03406,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9E478C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6CE

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

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