#BBAFBF#BBAFBF

#BBAFBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.026 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFBF
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(285, 11%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, 7.23, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 9.79, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0193 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.026 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2260, 44.9866, 55.5808)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFBF #B3BFAF

analogous

#B3AFBF #BBAFBF #BFAFBB

triadic

#BBAFBF #BFBBAF #AFBFBB

tetradic

#BBAFBF #BFB3AF #B3BFAF #AFBBBF

square

#BBAFBF #BFB3AF #B3BFAF #AFBBBF

split-complementary

#BBAFBF #BBBFAF #AFBFB3

monochromatic

#816C87 #9E8DA4 #BBAFBF #D8D1DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBAFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BBAFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFBF

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFBF	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.026 317.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76896,
    "c": 0.02609,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFBF

secondary

#E4E7E3

accent

#955062

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFBF

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

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