#BBB6CF#BBB6CF

#BBB6CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.035 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB6CF
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 207)
HSL	hsl(252, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 6.59, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 13.65, 298.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0148 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.035 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4817, 48.5255, 65.8316)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB6CF #CACFB6

analogous

#B6BECF #BBB6CF #C8B6CF

triadic

#BBB6CF #CFBBB6 #B6CFBB

tetradic

#BBB6CF #CFB6BE #CACFB6 #B6CFC8

square

#BBB6CF #CFB6BE #CACFB6 #B6CFC8

split-complementary

#BBB6CF #CFC8B6 #BECFB6

monochromatic

#766C9E #9991B7 #BBB6CF #DDDBE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBB6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB6CF

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB6CF	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.035 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbdd',
    500: '#bbb6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb6cf;
$custom-light: #cfcbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 20.661,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78828,
    "c": 0.03545,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB6CF

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9F468D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB6CF

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

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