#BBAEBA#BBAEBA

#BBAEBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.022 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEBA
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(305, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(305, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 6.83, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 8.15, 326.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% 0.0189 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.022 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4912, 44.3824, 52.6677)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEBA #AEBBAF

analogous

#B5AEBB #BBAEBA #BBAEB3

triadic

#BBAEBA #BABBAE #AEBABB

tetradic

#BBAEBA #BBB5AE #AEBBAF #AEB3BB

square

#BBAEBA #BBB5AE #AEBBAF #AEB3BB

split-complementary

#BBAEBA #B3BBAE #AEBBB5

monochromatic

#826D80 #9F8D9E #BBAEBA #D7CFD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEBA

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEBA	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.022 328.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.615,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76537,
    "c": 0.02227,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEBA

secondary

#E1E4E1

accent

#935853

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEBA

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

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