#BBAEBB#BBAEBB

#BBAEBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.023 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEBB
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, 7.02, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 8.59, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0193 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.023 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5979, 44.4251, 53.2295)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEBB #AEBBAE

analogous

#B4AEBB #BBAEBB #BBAEB4

triadic

#BBAEBB #BBBBAE #AEBBBB

tetradic

#BBAEBB #BBB4AE #AEBBAE #AEB4BB

square

#BBAEBB #BBB4AE #AEBBAE #AEB4BB

split-complementary

#BBAEBB #B4BBAE #AEBBB4

monochromatic

#826D82 #9F8D9F #BBAEBB #D7CFD7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBAEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBAEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEBB

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEBB	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.023 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6cf',
    500: '#bbaebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaebb;
$custom-light: #cfc6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 8.725,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.02333,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEBB

secondary

#E1E4E1

accent

#935353

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEBB

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

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