#BBAABA#BBAABA

#BBAABA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.030 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAABA
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, 9.01, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 10.80, 326.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.025 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.03 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7299, 42.8599, 52.4139)
Luminance	0.4286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAABA #AABBAB

analogous

#B3AABB #BBAABA #BBAAB2

triadic

#BBAABA #BABBAA #AABABB

tetradic

#BBAABA #BBB3AA #AABBAB #AAB2BB

square

#BBAABA #BBB3AA #AABBAB #AAB2BB

split-complementary

#BBAABA #B2BBAA #AABBB3

monochromatic

#826881 #A0889E #BBAABA #D6CCD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBAABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBAABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAABA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAABA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.030 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3ce',
    500: '#bbaaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaaba;
$custom-light: #cfc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75738,
    "c": 0.02953,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAABA

secondary

#DEE3DE

accent

#955450

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAABA

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

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