#BBAEBF#BBAEBF

#BBAEBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.028 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAEBF
RGB	rgb(187, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(286, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, 7.78, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 10.45, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% 0.0208 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.028 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0321, 44.5988, 55.5162)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAEBF #B2BFAE

analogous

#B3AEBF #BBAEBF #BFAEBB

triadic

#BBAEBF #BFBBAE #AEBFBB

tetradic

#BBAEBF #BFB3AE #B2BFAE #AEBBBF

square

#BBAEBF #BFB3AE #B2BFAE #AEBBBF

split-complementary

#BBAEBF #BBBFAE #AEBFB3

monochromatic

#816B88 #9E8CA4 #BBAEBF #D8D0DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBAEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBAEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAEBF

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAEBF	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.028 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6d2',
    500: '#bbaebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaebf;
$custom-light: #cfc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76696,
    "c": 0.02788,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAEBF

secondary

#E3E7E2

accent

#965060

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAEBF

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

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