#BBA9BB#BBA9BB

#BBA9BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.032 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA9BB
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 9.75, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 11.91, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0268 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.032 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6499, 42.5291, 52.9135)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA9BB #A9BBA9

analogous

#B2A9BB #BBA9BB #BBA9B2

triadic

#BBA9BB #BBBBA9 #A9BBBB

tetradic

#BBA9BB #BBB2A9 #A9BBA9 #A9B2BB

square

#BBA9BB #BBB2A9 #A9BBA9 #A9B2BB

split-complementary

#BBA9BB #B2BBA9 #A9BBB2

monochromatic

#826782 #A087A0 #BBA9BB #D6CBD6 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA9BB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA9BB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.032 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2cf',
    500: '#bba9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba9bb;
$custom-light: #cfc2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.0324,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA9BB

secondary

#DDE2DD

accent

#965050

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA9BB

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

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