#BBA3BD#BBA3BD

#BBA3BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.046 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA3BD
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 13.44, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 16.81, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0367 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.046 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7748, 40.4339, 53.6854)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA3BD #A5BDA3

analogous

#AEA3BD #BBA3BD #BDA3B2

triadic

#BBA3BD #BDBBA3 #A3BDBB

tetradic

#BBA3BD #BDAEA3 #A5BDA3 #A3B2BD

square

#BBA3BD #BDAEA3 #A5BDA3 #A3B2BD

split-complementary

#BBA3BD #B2BDA3 #A3BDAE

monochromatic

#836086 #A17FA3 #BBA3BD #D5C7D7 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BBA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA3BD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA3BD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.046 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbed0',
    500: '#bba3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba3bd;
$custom-light: #cfbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74459,
    "c": 0.04554,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA3BD

secondary

#DBE2DA

accent

#9B4B51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA3BD

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

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