#BBA3BE#BBA3BE

#BBA3BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.047 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA3BE
RGB	rgb(187, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 13.63, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 17.27, 322.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.037 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.047 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8837, 40.4775, 54.2590)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA3BE #A6BEA3

analogous

#AEA3BE #BBA3BE #BEA3B4

triadic

#BBA3BE #BEBBA3 #A3BEBB

tetradic

#BBA3BE #BEAEA3 #A6BEA3 #A3B4BE

square

#BBA3BE #BEAEA3 #A6BEA3 #A3B4BE

split-complementary

#BBA3BE #B4BEA3 #A3BEAE

monochromatic

#835F87 #A07FA5 #BBA3BE #D6C7D7 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BBA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BBA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA3BE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA3BE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.047 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbed1',
    500: '#bba3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba3be;
$custom-light: #cfbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.04665,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA3BE

secondary

#DBE2DA

accent

#9B4A53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA3BE

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

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