#BBABC3#BBABC3

#BBABC3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.038 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBABC3
RGB	rgb(187, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(280, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 10.19, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 14.37, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0267 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.038 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9052, 43.6311, 57.6752)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBABC3 #B3C3AB

analogous

#AFABC3 #BBABC3 #C3ABBF

triadic

#BBABC3 #C3BBAB #ABC3BB

tetradic

#BBABC3 #C3AFAB #B3C3AB #ABBFC3

square

#BBABC3 #C3AFAB #B3C3AB #ABBFC3

split-complementary

#BBABC3 #BFC3AB #ABC3AF

monochromatic

#81668E #9E87AA #BBABC3 #D8CFDD #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBABC3

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBABC3	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AFC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbabc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.038 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d5',
    500: '#bbabc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbabc3;
$custom-light: #cfc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbabc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76233,
    "c": 0.03809,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBABC3

secondary

#E4E8E2

accent

#9B4B65

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBABC3

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

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