#BBADBA#BBADBA

#BBADBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.024 H 328.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADBA
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(304, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 7.37, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 8.81, 326.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0204 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.024 328)
XYZ	xyz(44.2987, 43.9975, 52.6035)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADBA #ADBBAE

analogous

#B5ADBB #BBADBA #BBADB3

triadic

#BBADBA #BABBAD #ADBABB

tetradic

#BBADBA #BBB5AD #ADBBAE #ADB3BB

square

#BBADBA #BBB5AD #ADBBAE #ADB3BB

split-complementary

#BBADBA #B3BBAD #ADBBB5

monochromatic

#826C80 #9F8C9E #BBADBA #D7CED6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBADBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BBADBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADBA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADBA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.024 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5ce',
    500: '#bbadba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadba;
$custom-light: #cfc5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76336,
    "c": 0.02408,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.43997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADBA

secondary

#E0E4E0

accent

#935752

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADBA

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

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