#BBA0BC#BBA0BC

#BBA0BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.050 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA0BC
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 14.90, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 18.36, 324.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% 0.0409 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.05 325)
XYZ	xyz(42.1402, 39.3379, 52.9403)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA0BC #A1BCA0

analogous

#ADA0BC #BBA0BC #BCA0AF

triadic

#BBA0BC #BCBBA0 #A0BCBB

tetradic

#BBA0BC #BCADA0 #A1BCA0 #A0AFBC

square

#BBA0BC #BCADA0 #A1BCA0 #A0AFBC

split-complementary

#BBA0BC #AFBCA0 #A0BCAD

monochromatic

#835D84 #A17CA3 #BBA0BC #D5C4D5 #EEE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BBA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#BBA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA0BC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA0BC	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.050 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbcd0',
    500: '#bba0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba0bc;
$custom-light: #cfbcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.857,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73843,
    "c": 0.04993,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.39337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA0BC

secondary

#D8E0D8

accent

#9C4A4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA0BC

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

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