#BBACBC#BBACBC

#BBACBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.028 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACBC
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, 8.30, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 10.37, 323.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0227 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.028 324)
XYZ	xyz(44.3218, 43.7011, 53.6674)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACBC #ADBCAC

analogous

#B3ACBC #BBACBC #BCACB5

triadic

#BBACBC #BCBBAC #ACBCBB

tetradic

#BBACBC #BCB3AC #ADBCAC #ACB5BC

square

#BBACBC #BCB3AC #ADBCAC #ACB5BC

split-complementary

#BBACBC #B5BCAC #ACBCB3

monochromatic

#826A83 #9F8AA1 #BBACBC #D7CED7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACBC

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACBC	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.028 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d0',
    500: '#bbacbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacbc;
$custom-light: #cfc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.762,
    "c": 0.02805,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.43701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACBC

secondary

#E0E4E0

accent

#955155

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACBC

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

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