#BBA3BC#BBA3BC

#BBA3BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.044 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA3BC
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 13.24, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 16.36, 324.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0363 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.044 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6666, 40.3906, 53.1157)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA3BC #A4BCA3

analogous

#AFA3BC #BBA3BC #BCA3B1

triadic

#BBA3BC #BCBBA3 #A3BCBB

tetradic

#BBA3BC #BCAFA3 #A4BCA3 #A3B1BC

square

#BBA3BC #BCAFA3 #A4BCA3 #A3B1BC

split-complementary

#BBA3BC #B1BCA3 #A3BCAF

monochromatic

#836084 #A180A2 #BBA3BC #D5C6D6 #EFEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BBA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA3BC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA3BC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.044 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbed0',
    500: '#bba3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba3bc;
$custom-light: #cfbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.04444,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA3BC

secondary

#DAE1DA

accent

#9A4C4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA3BC

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

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