#BBA7BD#BBA7BD

#BBA7BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.038 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA7BD
RGB	rgb(187, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(295, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 11.23, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 14.15, 322.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0306 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.038 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4962, 41.8769, 53.9259)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA7BD #A9BDA7

analogous

#B0A7BD #BBA7BD #BDA7B4

triadic

#BBA7BD #BDBBA7 #A7BDBB

tetradic

#BBA7BD #BDB0A7 #A9BDA7 #A7B4BD

square

#BBA7BD #BDB0A7 #A9BDA7 #A7B4BD

split-complementary

#BBA7BD #B4BDA7 #A7BDB0

monochromatic

#826485 #A084A3 #BBA7BD #D6CAD7 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBA7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BBA7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA7BD

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA7BD	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.038 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1d0',
    500: '#bba7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba7bd;
$custom-light: #cfc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75243,
    "c": 0.03824,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA7BD

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#984D54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA7BD

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

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