#BBA0BF#BBA0BF

#BBA0BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.053 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA0BF
RGB	rgb(187, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(292, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 15.48, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 19.74, 321.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0419 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.053 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4670, 39.4686, 54.6612)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA0BF #A4BFA0

analogous

#ACA0BF #BBA0BF #BFA0B4

triadic

#BBA0BF #BFBBA0 #A0BFBB

tetradic

#BBA0BF #BFACA0 #A4BFA0 #A0B4BF

square

#BBA0BF #BFACA0 #A4BFA0 #A0B4BF

split-complementary

#BBA0BF #B4BFA0 #A0BFAC

monochromatic

#835C89 #A17BA6 #BBA0BF #D5C5D8 #EFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BBA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BBA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA0BF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA0BF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.053 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbcd2',
    500: '#bba0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba0bf;
$custom-light: #cfbcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.258,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.05325,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA0BF

secondary

#DAE2D9

accent

#9E4853

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA0BF

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

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