#BBACBB#BBACBB

#BBACBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.027 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACBB
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 8.11, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 9.91, 324.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0223 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.027 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2144, 43.6581, 53.1017)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACBB #ACBBAC

analogous

#B3ACBB #BBACBB #BBACB3

triadic

#BBACBB #BBBBAC #ACBBBB

tetradic

#BBACBB #BBB3AC #ACBBAC #ACB3BB

square

#BBACBB #BBB3AC #ACBBAC #ACB3BB

split-complementary

#BBACBB #B3BBAC #ACBBB3

monochromatic

#826B82 #9F8A9F #BBACBB #D7CED7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACBB

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACBB	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)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.027 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4cf',
    500: '#bbacbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacbb;
$custom-light: #cfc4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.934,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76168,
    "c": 0.02695,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACBB

secondary

#DFE3DF

accent

#945252

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACBB

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

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