#BBAFBD#BBAFBD

#BBAFBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.024 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFBD
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 6.85, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 8.84, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% 0.0186 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.024 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0074, 44.8992, 54.4296)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFBD #B1BDAF

analogous

#B4AFBD #BBAFBD #BDAFB8

triadic

#BBAFBD #BDBBAF #AFBDBB

tetradic

#BBAFBD #BDB4AF #B1BDAF #AFB8BD

square

#BBAFBD #BDB4AF #B1BDAF #AFB8BD

split-complementary

#BBAFBD #B8BDAF #AFBDB4

monochromatic

#816D84 #9E8DA1 #BBAFBD #D8D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BBAFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFBD

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFBD	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.024 321.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76832,
    "c": 0.02375,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFBD

secondary

#E3E6E2

accent

#94525B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFBD

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

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