#BBBAD0#BBBAD0

#BBBAD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.031 H 287.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD0
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(243, 19%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(243, 11%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, 4.63, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 11.85, 292.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0094 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.031 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4353, 50.2364, 66.7545)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD0 #CFD0BA

analogous

#BAC4D0 #BBBAD0 #C6BAD0

triadic

#BBBAD0 #D0BBBA #BAD0BB

tetradic

#BBBAD0 #D0BAC4 #CFD0BA #BAD0C6

square

#BBBAD0 #D0BAC4 #CFD0BA #BAD0C6

split-complementary

#BBBAD0 #D0C6BA #C4D0BA

monochromatic

#73719E #9796B7 #BBBAD0 #DFDEE9 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBBAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD0

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD0	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.031 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcede',
    500: '#bbbad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad0;
$custom-light: #cfcede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.727,
    "s": 18.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79665,
    "c": 0.03085,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD0

secondary

#A4A589

accent

#9D4899

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD0

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

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