#BBAFBE#BBAFBE

#BBAFBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.025 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFBE
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(288, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, 7.04, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 9.31, 319.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0189 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.025 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1163, 44.9427, 55.0032)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFBE #B2BEAF

analogous

#B4AFBE #BBAFBE #BEAFBA

triadic

#BBAFBE #BEBBAF #AFBEBB

tetradic

#BBAFBE #BEB4AF #B2BEAF #AFBABE

square

#BBAFBE #BEB4AF #B2BEAF #AFBABE

split-complementary

#BBAFBE #BABEAF #AFBEB4

monochromatic

#816D86 #9E8DA3 #BBAFBE #D8D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBAFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFBE

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFBE	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.025 319.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.02491,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFBE

secondary

#E3E6E2

accent

#94515F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFBE

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

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