#BBADBD#BBADBD

#BBADBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.027 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADBD
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 7.94, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 10.16, 321.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0216 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.027 322)
XYZ	xyz(44.6210, 44.1264, 54.3008)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADBD #AFBDAD

analogous

#B3ADBD #BBADBD #BDADB7

triadic

#BBADBD #BDBBAD #ADBDBB

tetradic

#BBADBD #BDB3AD #AFBDAD #ADB7BD

square

#BBADBD #BDB3AD #AFBDAD #ADB7BD

split-complementary

#BBADBD #B7BDAD #ADBDB3

monochromatic

#826B85 #9F8BA2 #BBADBD #D7CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADBD

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADBD	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.027 322.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76432,
    "c": 0.02736,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.44126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADBD

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#955159

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADBD

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

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