#BBB7CD#BBB7CD

#BBB7CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.031 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7CD
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 5.64, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 11.98, 298.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0127 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.031 294)
XYZ	xyz(48.4443, 48.8394, 64.6205)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7CD #C9CDB7

analogous

#B7BECD #BBB7CD #C6B7CD

triadic

#BBB7CD #CDBBB7 #B7CDBB

tetradic

#BBB7CD #CDB7BE #C9CDB7 #B7CDC6

square

#BBB7CD #CDB7BE #C9CDB7 #B7CDC6

split-complementary

#BBB7CD #CDC6B7 #BECDB7

monochromatic

#776F9B #9993B4 #BBB7CD #DDDBE6 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBB7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7CD

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7CD	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.031 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccdc',
    500: '#bbb7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7cd;
$custom-light: #cfccdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 18.033,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78961,
    "c": 0.03111,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.4884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7CD

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C498D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7CD

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

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