#BBB7CB#BBB7CB

#BBB7CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.028 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7CB
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(252, 10%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 5.24, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 10.91, 298.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% 0.0119 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.028 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2044, 48.7434, 63.3572)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7CB #C7CBB7

analogous

#B7BDCB #BBB7CB #C5B7CB

triadic

#BBB7CB #CBBBB7 #B7CBBB

tetradic

#BBB7CB #CBB7BD #C7CBB7 #B7CBC5

square

#BBB7CB #CBB7BD #C7CBB7 #B7CBC5

split-complementary

#BBB7CB #CBC5B7 #BDCBB7

monochromatic

#787098 #9993B1 #BBB7CB #DDDBE5 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBB7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7CB

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7CB	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.028 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccda',
    500: '#bbb7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7cb;
$custom-light: #cfccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78894,
    "c": 0.02833,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7CB

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4B8B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7CB

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

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