#BBAABD#BBAABD

#BBAABD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.033 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAABD
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(294, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, 9.58, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 12.15, 322.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0261 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.033 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0522, 42.9888, 54.1112)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAABD #ACBDAA

analogous

#B1AABD #BBAABD #BDAAB5

triadic

#BBAABD #BDBBAA #AABDBB

tetradic

#BBAABD #BDB1AA #ACBDAA #AAB5BD

square

#BBAABD #BDB1AA #ACBDAA #AAB5BD

split-complementary

#BBAABD #B5BDAA #AABDB1

monochromatic

#826785 #9F88A2 #BBAABD #D7CCD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBAABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBAABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAABD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAABD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.033 322.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75835,
    "c": 0.03279,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAABD

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#974F56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAABD

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

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