#BBABBB#BBABBB

#BBABBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.029 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABBB
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 8.66, -6.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 10.58, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0238 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.029 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0248, 43.2789, 53.0385)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABBB #ABBBAB

analogous

#B3ABBB #BBABBB #BBABB3

triadic

#BBABBB #BBBBAB #ABBBBB

tetradic

#BBABBB #BBB3AB #ABBBAB #ABB3BB

square

#BBABBB #BBB3AB #ABBBAB #ABB3BB

split-complementary

#BBABBB #B3BBAB #ABBBB3

monochromatic

#826982 #A089A0 #BBABBB #D6CDD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABBB

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABBB	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.029 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4cf',
    500: '#bbabbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabbb;
$custom-light: #cfc4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.02877,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABBB

secondary

#DFE3DF

accent

#955151

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABBB

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

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