#BBABBF#BBABBF

#BBABBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.033 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABBF
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 191)
HSL	hsl(288, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(288, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 9.42, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 12.43, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0253 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.033 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4590, 43.4526, 55.3252)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABBF #AFBFAB

analogous

#B1ABBF #BBABBF #BFABB9

triadic

#BBABBF #BFBBAB #ABBFBB

tetradic

#BBABBF #BFB1AB #AFBFAB #ABB9BF

square

#BBABBF #BFB1AB #AFBFAB #ABB9BF

split-complementary

#BBABBF #B9BFAB #ABBFB1

monochromatic

#826888 #9F88A5 #BBABBF #D7CED9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBABBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BBABBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABBF

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABBF	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.033 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d2',
    500: '#bbabbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabbf;
$custom-light: #cfc4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.03328,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABBF

secondary

#E1E6E0

accent

#984E5D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABBF

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

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