#BBADBE#BBADBE

#BBADBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.029 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADBE
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(289, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 8.13, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 10.63, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0219 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.029 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7299, 44.1700, 54.8745)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADBE #B0BEAD

analogous

#B2ADBE #BBADBE #BEADB8

triadic

#BBADBE #BEBBAD #ADBEBB

tetradic

#BBADBE #BEB2AD #B0BEAD #ADB8BE

square

#BBADBE #BEB2AD #B0BEAD #ADB8BE

split-complementary

#BBADBE #B8BEAD #ADBEB2

monochromatic

#816A86 #9F8BA3 #BBADBE #D7CFD9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#BBADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADBE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADBE	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)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.029 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d1',
    500: '#bbadbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadbe;
$custom-light: #cfc5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 11.565,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76464,
    "c": 0.0285,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADBE

secondary

#E2E6E1

accent

#96505C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADBE

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

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