#BBA0BB#BBA0BB

#BBA0BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.049 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA0BB
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 14.71, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 17.91, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0405 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.049 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0328, 39.2950, 52.3745)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA0BB #A0BBA0

analogous

#ADA0BB #BBA0BB #BBA0AD

triadic

#BBA0BB #BBBBA0 #A0BBBB

tetradic

#BBA0BB #BBADA0 #A0BBA0 #A0ADBB

square

#BBA0BB #BBADA0 #A0BBA0 #A0ADBB

split-complementary

#BBA0BB #ADBBA0 #A0BBAD

monochromatic

#835E83 #A17CA1 #BBA0BB #D5C4D5 #EEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BBA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA0BB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA0BB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.049 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbccf',
    500: '#bba0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba0bb;
$custom-light: #cfbccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.564,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73809,
    "c": 0.04884,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA0BB

secondary

#D7E0D7

accent

#9B4B4B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA0BB

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

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