#BBADBB#BBADBB

#BBADBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.025 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADBB
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 7.56, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 9.25, 324.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0208 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.025 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4054, 44.0402, 53.1654)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADBB #ADBBAD

analogous

#B4ADBB #BBADBB #BBADB4

triadic

#BBADBB #BBBBAD #ADBBBB

tetradic

#BBADBB #BBB4AD #ADBBAD #ADB4BB

square

#BBADBB #BBB4AD #ADBBAD #ADB4BB

split-complementary

#BBADBB #B4BBAD #ADBBB4

monochromatic

#826C82 #9F8C9F #BBADBB #D7CED7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBADBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BBADBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADBB

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADBB	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.025 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5cf',
    500: '#bbadbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadbb;
$custom-light: #cfc5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76368,
    "c": 0.02514,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADBB

secondary

#E0E4E0

accent

#935252

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADBB

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

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