#BBAEBC#BBAEBC

#BBAEBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.024 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEBC
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(296, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 7.21, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 9.04, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% 0.0197 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.024 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7053, 44.4681, 53.7953)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEBC #AFBCAE

analogous

#B4AEBC #BBAEBC #BCAEB6

triadic

#BBAEBC #BCBBAE #AEBCBB

tetradic

#BBAEBC #BCB4AE #AFBCAE #AEB6BC

square

#BBAEBC #BCB4AE #AFBCAE #AEB6BC

split-complementary

#BBAEBC #B6BCAE #AEBCB4

monochromatic

#826C83 #9F8DA0 #BBAEBC #D7CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#BBAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEBC

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEBC	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.024 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d0',
    500: '#bbaebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaebc;
$custom-light: #cfc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.766,
    "c": 0.02442,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEBC

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#935257

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEBC

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

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