#BBA4BB#BBA4BB

#BBA4BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.042 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA4BB
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 12.50, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 15.24, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0344 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.042 326)
XYZ	xyz(42.7374, 40.7042, 52.6094)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA4BB #A4BBA4

analogous

#B0A4BB #BBA4BB #BBA4B0

triadic

#BBA4BB #BBBBA4 #A4BBBB

tetradic

#BBA4BB #BBB0A4 #A4BBA4 #A4B0BB

square

#BBA4BB #BBB0A4 #A4BBA4 #A4B0BB

split-complementary

#BBA4BB #B0BBA4 #A4BBB0

monochromatic

#836283 #A181A1 #BBA4BB #D5C7D5 #EFEAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BBA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA4BB

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA4BB	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.042 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfcf',
    500: '#bba4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba4bb;
$custom-light: #cfbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.465,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.04153,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.40704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA4BB

secondary

#DAE1DA

accent

#994D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA4BB

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

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