#BBACBE#BBACBE

#BBACBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.030 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACBE
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(290, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(290, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 8.68, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 11.29, 320.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0234 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.03 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.5389, 43.7879, 54.8108)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACBE #AFBEAC

analogous

#B2ACBE #BBACBE #BEACB8

triadic

#BBACBE #BEBBAC #ACBEBB

tetradic

#BBACBE #BEB2AC #AFBEAC #ACB8BE

square

#BBACBE #BEB2AC #AFBEAC #ACB8BE

split-complementary

#BBACBE #B8BEAC #ACBEB2

monochromatic

#826986 #9F8AA3 #BBACBE #D7CED9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACBE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACBE	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.030 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d1',
    500: '#bbacbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacbe;
$custom-light: #cfc4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76265,
    "c": 0.03031,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACBE

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#964F5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACBE

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

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