#BBB1BD#BBB1BD

#BBB1BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.020 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1BD
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(290, 6%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 5.76, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 7.51, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% 0.0156 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.02 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3995, 45.6834, 54.5603)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1BD #B3BDB1

analogous

#B5B1BD #BBB1BD #BDB1B9

triadic

#BBB1BD #BDBBB1 #B1BDBB

tetradic

#BBB1BD #BDB5B1 #B3BDB1 #B1B9BD

square

#BBB1BD #BDB5B1 #B3BDB1 #B1B9BD

split-complementary

#BBB1BD #B9BDB1 #B1BDB5

monochromatic

#817084 #9E90A1 #BBB1BD #D8D2D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BBB1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1BD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1BD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.020 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8d0',
    500: '#bbb1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1bd;
$custom-light: #cfc8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.02015,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1BD

secondary

#E4E6E3

accent

#92535E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1BD

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

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