#BBB0BE#BBB0BE

#BBB0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.023 H 319.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB0BE
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 190)
HSL	hsl(287, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(287, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 6.50, -5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 8.65, 318.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0174 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.023 319)
XYZ	xyz(45.3117, 45.3334, 55.0684)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB0BE #B3BEB0

analogous

#B4B0BE #BBB0BE #BEB0BA

triadic

#BBB0BE #BEBBB0 #B0BEBB

tetradic

#BBB0BE #BEB4B0 #B3BEB0 #B0BABE

square

#BBB0BE #BEB4B0 #B3BEB0 #B0BABE

split-complementary

#BBB0BE #BABEB0 #B0BEB4

monochromatic

#816E86 #9E8EA2 #BBB0BE #D8D2DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BBB0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB0BE

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB0BE	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.023 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc7d1',
    500: '#bbb0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb0be;
$custom-light: #cfc7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 9.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.02311,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.45333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB0BE

secondary

#E4E7E3

accent

#945260

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB0BE

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

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