#BBAFBC#BBAFBC

#BBAFBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.023 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFBC
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(295, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(295, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 6.66, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 8.37, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0182 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.023 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8992, 44.8559, 53.8599)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFBC #B0BCAF

analogous

#B4AFBC #BBAFBC #BCAFB6

triadic

#BBAFBC #BCBBAF #AFBCBB

tetradic

#BBAFBC #BCB4AF #B0BCAF #AFB6BC

square

#BBAFBC #BCB4AF #B0BCAF #AFB6BC

split-complementary

#BBAFBC #B6BCAF #AFBCB4

monochromatic

#816E83 #9F8EA0 #BBAFBC #D7D0D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBAFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BBAFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFBC

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFBC	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.023 323.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.02262,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFBC

secondary

#E2E5E2

accent

#935358

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFBC

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

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