#BBADBF#BBADBF

#BBADBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.030 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBADBF
RGB	rgb(187, 173, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 8.32, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 11.11, 318.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0223 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.03 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8396, 44.2138, 55.4520)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBADBF #B1BFAD

analogous

#B2ADBF #BBADBF #BFADBA

triadic

#BBADBF #BFBBAD #ADBFBB

tetradic

#BBADBF #BFB2AD #B1BFAD #ADBABF

square

#BBADBF #BFB2AD #B1BFAD #ADBABF

split-complementary

#BBADBF #BABFAD #ADBFB2

monochromatic

#816A88 #9E8BA4 #BBADBF #D8CFDA #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBADBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BBADBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBADBF

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBADBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBADBF	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbadbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 173, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.030 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc5d2',
    500: '#bbadbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbadbf;
$custom-light: #cfc5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbadbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.02968,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBADBF

secondary

#E3E6E2

accent

#964F5F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBADBF

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

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