#BBADBC#BBADBC

#BBADBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.026 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADBC
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, 7.75, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 9.70, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% 0.0212 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.026 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5128, 44.0831, 53.7311)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADBC #AEBCAD

analogous

#B3ADBC #BBADBC #BCADB5

triadic

#BBADBC #BCBBAD #ADBCBB

tetradic

#BBADBC #BCB3AD #AEBCAD #ADB5BC

square

#BBADBC #BCB3AD #AEBCAD #ADB5BC

split-complementary

#BBADBC #B5BCAD #ADBCB3

monochromatic

#826B83 #9F8BA0 #BBADBC #D7CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADBC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADBC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.026 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d0',
    500: '#bbadbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadbc;
$custom-light: #cfc5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 10.067,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.764,
    "c": 0.02623,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADBC

secondary

#E1E4E0

accent

#945156

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADBC

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

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