#BBA9BC#BBA9BC

#BBA9BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.033 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA9BC
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 9.94, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 12.36, 323.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0272 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.033 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7573, 42.5720, 53.4793)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA9BC #AABCA9

analogous

#B1A9BC #BBA9BC #BCA9B4

triadic

#BBA9BC #BCBBA9 #A9BCBB

tetradic

#BBA9BC #BCB1A9 #AABCA9 #A9B4BC

square

#BBA9BC #BCB1A9 #AABCA9 #A9B4BC

split-complementary

#BBA9BC #B4BCA9 #A9BCB1

monochromatic

#826784 #A087A1 #BBA9BC #D6CBD7 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA9BC

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA9BC	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)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.033 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2d0',
    500: '#bba9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba9bc;
$custom-light: #cfc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75605,
    "c": 0.03349,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA9BC

secondary

#DEE3DE

accent

#974F53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA9BC

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

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