#BBA4BF#BBA4BF

#BBA4BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.046 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA4BF
RGB	rgb(187, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 13.27, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 17.08, 320.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0359 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.046 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1716, 40.8778, 54.8960)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA4BF #A8BFA4

analogous

#AEA4BF #BBA4BF #BFA4B6

triadic

#BBA4BF #BFBBA4 #A4BFBB

tetradic

#BBA4BF #BFAEA4 #A8BFA4 #A4B6BF

square

#BBA4BF #BFAEA4 #A8BFA4 #A4B6BF

split-complementary

#BBA4BF #B6BFA4 #A4BFAE

monochromatic

#836089 #A080A6 #BBA4BF #D6C8D8 #F1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BBA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BBA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA4BF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA4BF	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.046 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfd2',
    500: '#bba4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba4bf;
$custom-light: #cfbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.111,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74723,
    "c": 0.04596,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA4BF

secondary

#DDE3DC

accent

#9C4A56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA4BF

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

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