#BBABC1#BBABC1

#BBABC1 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.036 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC1
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 193)
HSL	hsl(284, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(284, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 9.80, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 13.39, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.026 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.036 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6806, 43.5412, 56.4922)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC1 #B1C1AB

analogous

#B0ABC1 #BBABC1 #C1ABBC

triadic

#BBABC1 #C1BBAB #ABC1BB

tetradic

#BBABC1 #C1B0AB #B1C1AB #ABBCC1

square

#BBABC1 #C1B0AB #B1C1AB #ABBCC1

split-complementary

#BBABC1 #BCC1AB #ABC1B0

monochromatic

#81678B #9E88A7 #BBABC1 #D8CEDB #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBABC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBABC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC1

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC1	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.036 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d3',
    500: '#bbabc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc1;
$custom-light: #cfc4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 15.068,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76165,
    "c": 0.03566,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC1

secondary

#E3E7E1

accent

#994C61

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC1

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

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