#BBA9BE#BBA9BE

#BBA9BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.036 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBA9BE
RGB	rgb(187, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 10.32, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 13.28, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0279 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.036 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9744, 42.6589, 54.6226)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBA9BE #ACBEA9

analogous

#B0A9BE #BBA9BE #BEA9B6

triadic

#BBA9BE #BEBBA9 #A9BEBB

tetradic

#BBA9BE #BEB0A9 #ACBEA9 #A9B6BE

square

#BBA9BE #BEB0A9 #ACBEA9 #A9B6BE

split-complementary

#BBA9BE #B6BEA9 #A9BEB0

monochromatic

#826687 #9F86A4 #BBA9BE #D7CCD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BBA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBA9BE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBA9BE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bba9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.036 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc2d1',
    500: '#bba9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bba9be;
$custom-light: #cfc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bba9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7567,
    "c": 0.03573,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBA9BE

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#984D58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBA9BE

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

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