#BBAFBA#BBAFBA

#BBAFBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.020 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFBA
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 186)
HSL	hsl(305, 8%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(305, 6%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 6.29, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 7.48, 327.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0174 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.02 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6851, 44.7703, 52.7323)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFBA #AFBBB0

analogous

#B6AFBB #BBAFBA #BBAFB4

triadic

#BBAFBA #BABBAF #AFBABB

tetradic

#BBAFBA #BBB6AF #AFBBB0 #AFB4BB

square

#BBAFBA #BBB6AF #AFBBB0 #AFB4BB

split-complementary

#BBAFBA #B4BBAF #AFBBB6

monochromatic

#826E80 #9F8E9D #BBAFBA #D7D0D7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBAFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBAFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFBA

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFBA	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.020 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6ce',
    500: '#bbafba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafba;
$custom-light: #cfc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76737,
    "c": 0.02046,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFBA

secondary

#E1E4E2

accent

#925953

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFBA

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

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