#BBB8CA#BBB8CA

#BBB8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.025 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8CA
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(250, 15%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 9%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 4.50, -8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 9.78, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% 0.0101 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.025 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.2926, 49.1099, 62.8006)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8CA #C7CAB8

analogous

#B8BECA #BBB8CA #C4B8CA

triadic

#BBB8CA #CABBB8 #B8CABB

tetradic

#BBB8CA #CAB8BE #C7CAB8 #B8CAC4

square

#BBB8CA #CAB8BE #C7CAB8 #B8CAC4

split-complementary

#BBB8CA #CAC4B8 #BECAB8

monochromatic

#787296 #9995B0 #BBB8CA #DDDBE4 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8CA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8CA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.025 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcdda',
    500: '#bbb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ca;
$custom-light: #cfcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79063,
    "c": 0.0254,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8CA

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#994D8C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8CA

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

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