#BBABC0#BBABC0

#BBABC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.034 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC0
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(286, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 9.61, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 12.91, 318.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0257 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.034 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5694, 43.4967, 55.9067)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC0 #B0C0AB

analogous

#B0ABC0 #BBABC0 #C0ABBA

triadic

#BBABC0 #C0BBAB #ABC0BB

tetradic

#BBABC0 #C0B0AB #B0C0AB #ABBAC0

square

#BBABC0 #C0B0AB #B0C0AB #ABBAC0

split-complementary

#BBABC0 #BAC0AB #ABC0B0

monochromatic

#816789 #9F88A6 #BBABC0 #D7CEDA #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BBABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BBABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC0

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC0	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.034 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d3',
    500: '#bbabc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc0;
$custom-light: #cfc4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.714,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76132,
    "c": 0.03445,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC0

secondary

#E2E6E1

accent

#984D5F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC0

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

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