#BBB1BE#BBB1BE

#BBB1BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.021 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1BE
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(286, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 5.95, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 7.99, 318.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0159 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.021 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5085, 45.7270, 55.1340)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1BE #B4BEB1

analogous

#B5B1BE #BBB1BE #BEB1BB

triadic

#BBB1BE #BEBBB1 #B1BEBB

tetradic

#BBB1BE #BEB5B1 #B4BEB1 #B1BBBE

square

#BBB1BE #BEB5B1 #B4BEB1 #B1BBBE

split-complementary

#BBB1BE #BBBEB1 #B1BEB5

monochromatic

#806F85 #9E90A2 #BBB1BE #D8D2DA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BBB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1BE

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1BE	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.021 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8d1',
    500: '#bbb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1be;
$custom-light: #cfc8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77265,
    "c": 0.02132,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#935261

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1BE

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

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