#BBA8BC#BBA8BC

#BBA8BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.035 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8BC
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(297, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 10.49, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 13.03, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.0287 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.035 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5720, 42.2014, 53.4175)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8BC #A9BCA8

analogous

#B1A8BC #BBA8BC #BCA8B3

triadic

#BBA8BC #BCBBA8 #A8BCBB

tetradic

#BBA8BC #BCB1A8 #A9BCA8 #A8B3BC

square

#BBA8BC #BCB1A8 #A9BCA8 #A8B3BC

split-complementary

#BBA8BC #B3BCA8 #A8BCB1

monochromatic

#826684 #A085A1 #BBA8BC #D6CBD7 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8BC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8BC	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.035 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1d0',
    500: '#bba8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8bc;
$custom-light: #cfc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75407,
    "c": 0.03531,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8BC

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#974E52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8BC

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

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