#BBB1BF#BBB1BF

#BBB1BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.023 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB1BF
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, 6.14, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 8.47, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0163 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.023 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6181, 45.7709, 55.7115)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB1BF #B5BFB1

analogous

#B4B1BF #BBB1BF #BFB1BC

triadic

#BBB1BF #BFBBB1 #B1BFBB

tetradic

#BBB1BF #BFB4B1 #B5BFB1 #B1BCBF

square

#BBB1BF #BFB4B1 #B5BFB1 #B1BCBF

split-complementary

#BBB1BF #BCBFB1 #B1BFB4

monochromatic

#806F87 #9E8FA3 #BBB1BF #D8D3DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB1BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BBB1BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB1BF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB1BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB1BF	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)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb1bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.023 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc8d2',
    500: '#bbb1bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb1bf;
$custom-light: #cfc8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb1bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.02252,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB1BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#945265

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB1BF

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

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