#BBA4BC#BBA4BC

#BBA4BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.043 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA4BC
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(298, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 12.69, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 15.69, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0348 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.043 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8448, 40.7471, 53.1751)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA4BC #A5BCA4

analogous

#AFA4BC #BBA4BC #BCA4B1

triadic

#BBA4BC #BCBBA4 #A4BCBB

tetradic

#BBA4BC #BCAFA4 #A5BCA4 #A4B1BC

square

#BBA4BC #BCAFA4 #A5BCA4 #A4B1BC

split-complementary

#BBA4BC #B1BCA4 #A4BCAF

monochromatic

#836184 #A181A2 #BBA4BC #D5C7D6 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BBA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BBA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA4BC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA4BC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.043 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfd0',
    500: '#bba4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba4bc;
$custom-light: #cfbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74621,
    "c": 0.04261,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA4BC

secondary

#DBE1DA

accent

#994C4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA4BC

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

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