#BBB3BF#BBB3BF

#BBB3BF is a light, near-neutral purple. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.019 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3BF
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(280, 9%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(280, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 5.06, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 7.16, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0134 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.019 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0161, 46.5667, 55.8442)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3BF #B7BFB3

analogous

#B5B3BF #BBB3BF #BFB3BD

triadic

#BBB3BF #BFBBB3 #B3BFBB

tetradic

#BBB3BF #BFB5B3 #B7BFB3 #B3BDBF

square

#BBB3BF #BFB5B3 #B7BFB3 #B3BDBF

split-complementary

#BBB3BF #BDBFB3 #B3BFB5

monochromatic

#7F7186 #9D92A3 #BBB3BF #D9D4DB #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3BF

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3BF	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.019 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc9d2',
    500: '#bbb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3bf;
$custom-light: #cfc9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.777,
    "c": 0.01897,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3BF

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#935368

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3BF

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

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