#BBA5BC#BBA5BC

#BBA5BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.041 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA5BC
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(297, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 12.14, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 15.02, 323.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0333 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.041 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0245, 41.1065, 53.2350)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA5BC #A6BCA5

analogous

#B0A5BC #BBA5BC #BCA5B2

triadic

#BBA5BC #BCBBA5 #A5BCBB

tetradic

#BBA5BC #BCB0A5 #A6BCA5 #A5B2BC

square

#BBA5BC #BCB0A5 #A6BCA5 #A5B2BC

split-complementary

#BBA5BC #B2BCA5 #A5BCB0

monochromatic

#836284 #A082A2 #BBA5BC #D6C8D6 #F0EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BBA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BBA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA5BC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA5BC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.041 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfd0',
    500: '#bba5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba5bc;
$custom-light: #cfbfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.391,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.04078,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA5BC

secondary

#DBE2DB

accent

#994D50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA5BC

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

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