#BBA5BB#BBA5BB

#BBA5BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.040 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA5BB
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 11.95, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 14.57, 325.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0329 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.04 326)
XYZ	xyz(42.9171, 41.0635, 52.6693)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA5BB #A5BBA5

analogous

#B0A5BB #BBA5BB #BBA5B0

triadic

#BBA5BB #BBBBA5 #A5BBBB

tetradic

#BBA5BB #BBB0A5 #A5BBA5 #A5B0BB

square

#BBA5BB #BBB0A5 #A5BBA5 #A5B0BB

split-complementary

#BBA5BB #B0BBA5 #A5BBB0

monochromatic

#836383 #A182A1 #BBA5BB #D5C8D5 #F0EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BBA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA5BB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA5BB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.040 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfcf',
    500: '#bba5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba5bb;
$custom-light: #cfbfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.924,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74783,
    "c": 0.0397,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.41063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA5BB

secondary

#DBE1DB

accent

#984D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA5BB

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

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