#BBB7C8#BBB7C8

#BBB7C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.024 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7C8
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 13%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(254, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 4.64, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 9.31, 299.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0108 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.024 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8504, 48.6018, 61.4926)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7C8 #C4C8B7

analogous

#B7BBC8 #BBB7C8 #C4B7C8

triadic

#BBB7C8 #C8BBB7 #B7C8BB

tetradic

#BBB7C8 #C8B7BB #C4C8B7 #B7C8C4

square

#BBB7C8 #C8B7BB #C4C8B7 #B7C8C4

split-complementary

#BBB7C8 #C8C4B7 #BBC8B7

monochromatic

#797293 #9A94AD #BBB7C8 #DCDAE3 #EFEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBB7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7C8

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7C8	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.024 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccd8',
    500: '#bbb7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7c8;
$custom-light: #cfccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 13.386,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78796,
    "c": 0.02417,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#984E86

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7C8

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

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