#BBAFFF#BBAFFF

#BBAFFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.113 H 290.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAFFF
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 255)
HSL	hsl(249, 100%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(249, 31%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 21.09, -38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 43.50, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0394 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.113 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8690, 48.4438, 101.1008)
Luminance	0.4844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAFFF #F3FFAF

analogous

#AFCBFF #BBAFFF #E3AFFF

triadic

#BBAFFF #FFBBAF #AFFFBB

tetradic

#BBAFFF #FFAFCB #F3FFAF #AFFFE3

square

#BBAFFF #FFAFCB #F3FFAF #AFFFE3

split-complementary

#BBAFFF #FFE3AF #CBFFAF

monochromatic

#5335FF #8772FF #BBAFFF #E5E0FF #E5E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBAFFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBAFFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAFFF

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAFFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAFFF	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9ABAFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACBDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbafff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.113 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6ff',
    500: '#bbafff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbafff;
$custom-light: #d1c6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbafff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAFFF

secondary

#F2F7D4

accent

#E600C3

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141318

muted

#828286

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAFFF

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

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