#BBAEBE#BBAEBE

#BBAEBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.027 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEBE
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(289, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 7.59, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 9.97, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0204 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.027 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9224, 44.5549, 54.9386)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEBE #B1BEAE

analogous

#B3AEBE #BBAEBE #BEAEB9

triadic

#BBAEBE #BEBBAE #AEBEBB

tetradic

#BBAEBE #BEB3AE #B1BEAE #AEB9BE

square

#BBAEBE #BEB3AE #B1BEAE #AEB9BE

split-complementary

#BBAEBE #B9BEAE #AEBEB3

monochromatic

#816C86 #9E8CA3 #BBAEBE #D8D0D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BBAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEBE

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEBE	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.027 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d1',
    500: '#bbaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaebe;
$custom-light: #cfc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76664,
    "c": 0.02671,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEBE

secondary

#E3E6E2

accent

#95505D

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEBE

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

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