#BBACB9#BBACB9

#BBACB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.025 H 330.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACB9
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 185)
HSL	hsl(308, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(308, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 7.73, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 9.04, 328.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0216 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.025 330.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0018, 43.5731, 51.9819)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACB9 #ACBBAE

analogous

#B5ACBB #BBACB9 #BBACB1

triadic

#BBACB9 #B9BBAC #ACB9BB

tetradic

#BBACB9 #BBB5AC #ACBBAE #ACB1BB

square

#BBACB9 #BBB5AC #ACBBAE #ACB1BB

split-complementary

#BBACB9 #B1BBAC #ACBBB5

monochromatic

#826B7F #9F8A9D #BBACB9 #D7CED5 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBACB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BBACB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACB9

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACB9	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)

#ACAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.025 330.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4ce',
    500: '#bbacb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacb9;
$custom-light: #cfc4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76105,
    "c": 0.02486,
    "h": 330.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACB9

secondary

#DFE3E0

accent

#945A52

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACB9

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

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