#BBB7CA#BBB7CA

#BBB7CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.027 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7CA
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 202)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 5.04, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 10.38, 299.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% 0.0116 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.027 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0857, 48.6959, 62.7316)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7CA #C6CAB7

analogous

#B7BCCA #BBB7CA #C4B7CA

triadic

#BBB7CA #CABBB7 #B7CABB

tetradic

#BBB7CA #CAB7BC #C6CAB7 #B7CAC4

square

#BBB7CA #CAB7BC #C6CAB7 #B7CAC4

split-complementary

#BBB7CA #CAC4B7 #BCCAB7

monochromatic

#787096 #9A94B0 #BBB7CA #DCDAE4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BBB7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7CA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7CA	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.027 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccda',
    500: '#bbb7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7ca;
$custom-light: #cfccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 15.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78861,
    "c": 0.02694,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994C89

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7CA

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

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