#BBACBF#BBACBF

#BBACBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.031 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBACBF
RGB	rgb(187, 172, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 13%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 8.87, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 11.77, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0238 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.031 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6486, 43.8318, 55.3884)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBACBF #B0BFAC

analogous

#B1ACBF #BBACBF #BFACB9

triadic

#BBACBF #BFBBAC #ACBFBB

tetradic

#BBACBF #BFB1AC #B0BFAC #ACB9BF

square

#BBACBF #BFB1AC #B0BFAC #ACB9BF

split-complementary

#BBACBF #B9BFAC #ACBFB1

monochromatic

#816988 #9F89A4 #BBACBF #D7CFDA #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBACBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BBACBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBACBF

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBACBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBACBF	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbacbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 172, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.031 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4d2',
    500: '#bbacbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbacbf;
$custom-light: #cfc4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbacbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 12.925,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76298,
    "c": 0.03148,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBACBF

secondary

#E2E6E1

accent

#974E5E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBACBF

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

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