#BBABB9#BBABB9

#BBABB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.027 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABB9
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(308, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 8.28, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 9.71, 328.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% 0.0231 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.027 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8122, 43.1939, 51.9187)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABB9 #ABBBAD

analogous

#B5ABBB #BBABB9 #BBABB1

triadic

#BBABB9 #B9BBAB #ABB9BB

tetradic

#BBABB9 #BBB5AB #ABBBAD #ABB1BB

square

#BBABB9 #BBB5AB #ABBBAD #ABB1BB

split-complementary

#BBABB9 #B1BBAB #ABBBB5

monochromatic

#82697F #A0899D #BBABB9 #D6CDD5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BBABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BBABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABB9

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABB9	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.027 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4ce',
    500: '#bbabb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabb9;
$custom-light: #cfc4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75905,
    "c": 0.02668,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABB9

secondary

#DFE3DF

accent

#955951

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABB9

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

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