#BBB2BF#BBB2BF

#BBB2BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.021 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB2BF
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 191)
HSL	hsl(282, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(282, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 5.60, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 7.82, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0148 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.021 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.8164, 46.1674, 55.7776)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB2BF #B6BFB2

analogous

#B4B2BF #BBB2BF #BFB2BD

triadic

#BBB2BF #BFBBB2 #B2BFBB

tetradic

#BBB2BF #BFB4B2 #B6BFB2 #B2BDBF

square

#BBB2BF #BFB4B2 #B6BFB2 #B2BDBF

split-complementary

#BBB2BF #BDBFB2 #B2BFB4

monochromatic

#807087 #9D91A3 #BBB2BF #D9D3DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBB2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BBB2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB2BF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB2BF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.021 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d2',
    500: '#bbb2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb2bf;
$custom-light: #cfc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77498,
    "c": 0.02074,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB2BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#935266

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB2BF

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

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