#BBAEB9#BBAEB9

#BBAEB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.021 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEB9
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(309, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(309, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 6.64, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 7.72, 329.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0185 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.021 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3853, 44.3401, 52.1098)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEB9 #AEBBB0

analogous

#B6AEBB #BBAEB9 #BBAEB2

triadic

#BBAEB9 #B9BBAE #AEB9BB

tetradic

#BBAEB9 #BBB6AE #AEBBB0 #AEB2BB

square

#BBAEB9 #BBB6AE #AEBBB0 #AEB2BB

split-complementary

#BBAEB9 #B2BBAE #AEBBB6

monochromatic

#826D7F #9F8D9C #BBAEB9 #D7CFD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BBAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEB9

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEB9	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.021 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6ce',
    500: '#bbaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaeb9;
$custom-light: #cfc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.02125,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEB9

secondary

#E1E4E1

accent

#935D53

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEB9

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

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