#BBA2C2#BBA2C2

#BBA2C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.053 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA2C2
RGB	rgb(187, 162, 194)
HSL	hsl(287, 21%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 16%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 14.96, -13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 19.83, 318.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0399 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.053 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1500, 40.3010, 56.5342)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA2C2 #A9C2A2

analogous

#ABA2C2 #BBA2C2 #C2A2B9

triadic

#BBA2C2 #C2BBA2 #A2C2BB

tetradic

#BBA2C2 #C2ABA2 #A9C2A2 #A2B9C2

square

#BBA2C2 #C2ABA2 #A9C2A2 #A2B9C2

split-complementary

#BBA2C2 #B9C2A2 #A2C2AB

monochromatic

#825D8D #A07DAA #BBA2C2 #D6C7DA #F1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BBA2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BBA2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA2C2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA2C2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 162, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.053 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbdd4',
    500: '#bba2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba2c2;
$custom-light: #cfbdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 20.779,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.05307,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA2C2

secondary

#DDE4DB

accent

#9F465A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA2C2

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

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