#BBA8BB#BBA8BB

#BBA8BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.034 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8BB
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 10.30, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 12.58, 324.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0283 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.034 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4646, 42.1584, 52.8517)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8BB #A8BBA8

analogous

#B2A8BB #BBA8BB #BBA8B2

triadic

#BBA8BB #BBBBA8 #A8BBBB

tetradic

#BBA8BB #BBB2A8 #A8BBA8 #A8B2BB

square

#BBA8BB #BBB2A8 #A8BBA8 #A8B2BB

split-complementary

#BBA8BB #B2BBA8 #A8BBB2

monochromatic

#836683 #A086A0 #BBA8BB #D6CAD6 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BBA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8BB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8BB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.034 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1cf',
    500: '#bba8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8bb;
$custom-light: #cfc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75374,
    "c": 0.03422,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8BB

secondary

#DDE2DD

accent

#964F4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8BB

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

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