#BBABBE#BBABBE

#BBABBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.032 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABBE
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 9.23, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 11.96, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0249 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.032 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3493, 43.4087, 54.7476)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABBE #AEBEAB

analogous

#B1ABBE #BBABBE #BEABB7

triadic

#BBABBE #BEBBAB #ABBEBB

tetradic

#BBABBE #BEB1AB #AEBEAB #ABB7BE

square

#BBABBE #BEB1AB #AEBEAB #ABB7BE

split-complementary

#BBABBE #B7BEAB #ABBEB1

monochromatic

#826887 #9F88A3 #BBABBE #D7CED9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BBABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABBE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABBE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.032 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d1',
    500: '#bbabbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabbe;
$custom-light: #cfc4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 12.752,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.03212,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABBE

secondary

#E1E5E0

accent

#974F5A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABBE

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

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