#BBACBD#BBACBD

#BBACBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.029 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACBD
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 8.49, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 10.83, 321.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0231 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.029 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4300, 43.7443, 54.2371)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACBD #AEBDAC

analogous

#B2ACBD #BBACBD #BDACB6

triadic

#BBACBD #BDBBAC #ACBDBB

tetradic

#BBACBD #BDB2AC #AEBDAC #ACB6BD

square

#BBACBD #BDB2AC #AEBDAC #ACB6BD

split-complementary

#BBACBD #B6BDAC #ACBDB2

monochromatic

#826A85 #9F8AA2 #BBACBD #D7CED8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBACBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BBACBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACBD

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACBD	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.029 322.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76233,
    "c": 0.02917,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACBD

secondary

#E1E5E0

accent

#955058

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACBD

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

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