#BBAEBD#BBAEBD

#BBAEBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.026 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEBD
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(292, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(292, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 7.40, -5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 9.50, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.02 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.026 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8135, 44.5113, 54.3650)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEBD #B0BDAE

analogous

#B3AEBD #BBAEBD #BDAEB7

triadic

#BBAEBD #BDBBAE #AEBDBB

tetradic

#BBAEBD #BDB3AE #B0BDAE #AEB7BD

square

#BBAEBD #BDB3AE #B0BDAE #AEB7BD

split-complementary

#BBAEBD #B7BDAE #AEBDB3

monochromatic

#816C85 #9F8CA2 #BBAEBD #D7D0D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEBD

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEBD	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.026 321.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76632,
    "c": 0.02555,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEBD

secondary

#E2E5E1

accent

#94515A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEBD

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

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