#BBA8BE#BBA8BE

#BBA8BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.038 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA8BE
RGB	rgb(187, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(292, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 10.87, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 13.95, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0294 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.038 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7891, 42.2882, 54.5608)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA8BE #ABBEA8

analogous

#B0A8BE #BBA8BE #BEA8B6

triadic

#BBA8BE #BEBBA8 #A8BEBB

tetradic

#BBA8BE #BEB0A8 #ABBEA8 #A8B6BE

square

#BBA8BE #BEB0A8 #ABBEA8 #A8B6BE

split-complementary

#BBA8BE #B6BEA8 #A8BEB0

monochromatic

#826587 #A085A4 #BBA8BE #D6CBD8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BBA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA8BE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA8BE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.038 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc1d1',
    500: '#bba8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba8be;
$custom-light: #cfc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75473,
    "c": 0.03755,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA8BE

secondary

#DFE4DE

accent

#994D57

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA8BE

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

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