#BBACBA#BBACBA

#BBACBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.026 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACBA
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(304, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 7.92, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 9.47, 326.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0219 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.026 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1077, 43.6154, 52.5399)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACBA #ACBBAD

analogous

#B4ACBB #BBACBA #BBACB2

triadic

#BBACBA #BABBAC #ACBABB

tetradic

#BBACBA #BBB4AC #ACBBAD #ACB2BB

square

#BBACBA #BBB4AC #ACBBAD #ACB2BB

split-complementary

#BBACBA #B2BBAC #ACBBB4

monochromatic

#826B80 #9F8A9E #BBACBA #D7CED6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BBACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACBA

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACBA	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.026 327.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76136,
    "c": 0.02589,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACBA

secondary

#DFE3E0

accent

#945652

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACBA

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

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