#BBA5BF#BBA5BF

#BBA5BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.044 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA5BF
RGB	rgb(187, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 12.72, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 16.41, 320.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0343 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.044 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3513, 41.2372, 54.9559)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA5BF #A9BFA5

analogous

#AEA5BF #BBA5BF #BFA5B6

triadic

#BBA5BF #BFBBA5 #A5BFBB

tetradic

#BBA5BF #BFAEA5 #A9BFA5 #A5B6BF

square

#BBA5BF #BFAEA5 #A9BFA5 #A5B6BF

split-complementary

#BBA5BF #B6BFA5 #A5BFAE

monochromatic

#826189 #A081A6 #BBA5BF #D6C9D8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BBA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BBA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA5BF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA5BF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.044 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfbfd2',
    500: '#bba5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba5bf;
$custom-light: #cfbfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74918,
    "c": 0.04414,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA5BF

secondary

#DDE4DC

accent

#9B4A57

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA5BF

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

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