#BBABBD#BBABBD

#BBABBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.031 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABBD
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 9.04, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 11.49, 321.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0246 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.031 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2404, 43.3651, 54.1739)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABBD #ADBDAB

analogous

#B2ABBD #BBABBD #BDABB6

triadic

#BBABBD #BDBBAB #ABBDBB

tetradic

#BBABBD #BDB2AB #ADBDAB #ABB6BD

square

#BBABBD #BDB2AB #ADBDAB #ABB6BD

split-complementary

#BBABBD #B6BDAB #ABBDB2

monochromatic

#826985 #9F89A2 #BBABBD #D7CDD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BBABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABBD

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABBD	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.031 322.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76034,
    "c": 0.03098,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABBD

secondary

#E0E4DF

accent

#964F57

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABBD

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

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