#BBAABE#BBAABE

#BBAABE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.034 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAABE
RGB	rgb(187, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 9.77, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 12.62, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0264 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.034 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1611, 43.0324, 54.6849)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAABE #ADBEAA

analogous

#B1AABE #BBAABE #BEAAB7

triadic

#BBAABE #BEBBAA #AABEBB

tetradic

#BBAABE #BEB1AA #ADBEAA #AAB7BE

square

#BBAABE #BEB1AA #ADBEAA #AAB7BE

split-complementary

#BBAABE #B7BEAA #AABEB1

monochromatic

#826787 #9F87A3 #BBAABE #D7CDD9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBAABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BBAABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAABE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAABE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.034 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3d1',
    500: '#bbaabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaabe;
$custom-light: #cfc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75868,
    "c": 0.03393,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAABE

secondary

#E0E5DF

accent

#974E59

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAABE

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

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