#BBAABC#BBAABC

#BBAABC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.032 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAABC
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 9.39, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 11.69, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.0257 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.032 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9440, 42.9455, 53.5415)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAABC #ABBCAA

analogous

#B2AABC #BBAABC #BCAAB4

triadic

#BBAABC #BCBBAA #AABCBB

tetradic

#BBAABC #BCB2AA #ABBCAA #AAB4BC

square

#BBAABC #BCB2AA #ABBCAA #AAB4BC

split-complementary

#BBAABC #B4BCAA #AABCB2

monochromatic

#826884 #A088A1 #BBAABC #D6CCD7 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBAABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBAABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAABC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAABC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.032 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3d0',
    500: '#bbaabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaabc;
$custom-light: #cfc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.03168,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAABC

secondary

#DFE3DE

accent

#965053

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAABC

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

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