#BBABBC#BBABBC

#BBABBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.030 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABBC
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(296, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 8.85, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 11.03, 323.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0242 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.03 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1322, 43.3219, 53.6042)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABBC #ACBCAB

analogous

#B2ABBC #BBABBC #BCABB4

triadic

#BBABBC #BCBBAB #ABBCBB

tetradic

#BBABBC #BCB2AB #ACBCAB #ABB4BC

square

#BBABBC #BCB2AB #ACBCAB #ABB4BC

split-complementary

#BBABBC #B4BCAB #ABBCB2

monochromatic

#826984 #9F89A1 #BBABBC #D7CDD7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BBABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABBC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABBC	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)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.030 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d0',
    500: '#bbabbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabbc;
$custom-light: #cfc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76001,
    "c": 0.02986,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABBC

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#955054

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABBC

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

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