#BBAABB#BBAABB

#BBAABB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.031 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAABB
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 9.20, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 11.24, 324.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0253 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.031 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8366, 42.9026, 52.9758)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAABB #AABBAA

analogous

#B3AABB #BBAABB #BBAAB3

triadic

#BBAABB #BBBBAA #AABBBB

tetradic

#BBAABB #BBB3AA #AABBAA #AAB3BB

square

#BBAABB #BBB3AA #AABBAA #AAB3BB

split-complementary

#BBAABB #B3BBAA #AABBB3

monochromatic

#826882 #A088A0 #BBAABB #D6CCD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBAABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBAABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAABB

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAABB	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.031 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3cf',
    500: '#bbaabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaabb;
$custom-light: #cfc3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7577,
    "c": 0.03059,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAABB

secondary

#DEE3DE

accent

#955050

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAABB

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

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