#BBB2BE#BBB2BE

#BBB2BE is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.020 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2BE
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(285, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, 5.41, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 7.33, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0145 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.02 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.7067, 46.1235, 55.2000)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2BE #B5BEB2

analogous

#B5B2BE #BBB2BE #BEB2BB

triadic

#BBB2BE #BEBBB2 #B2BEBB

tetradic

#BBB2BE #BEB5B2 #B5BEB2 #B2BBBE

square

#BBB2BE #BEB5B2 #B5BEB2 #B2BBBE

split-complementary

#BBB2BE #BBBEB2 #B2BEB5

monochromatic

#807085 #9E91A2 #BBB2BE #D8D3DA #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2BE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2BE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.020 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d1',
    500: '#bbb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2be;
$custom-light: #cfc9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77467,
    "c": 0.01953,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2BE

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#925363

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2BE

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

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