#BBBAD3#BBBAD3

#BBBAD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.035 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD3
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 211)
HSL	hsl(242, 22%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 5.24, -12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 13.47, 292.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0105 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.035 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8079, 50.3854, 68.7167)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD3 #D2D3BA

analogous

#BAC5D3 #BBBAD3 #C7BAD3

triadic

#BBBAD3 #D3BBBA #BAD3BB

tetradic

#BBBAD3 #D3BAC5 #D2D3BA #BAD3C7

square

#BBBAD3 #D3BAC5 #D2D3BA #BAD3C7

split-complementary

#BBBAD3 #D3C7BA #C5D3BA

monochromatic

#716FA3 #9695BB #BBBAD3 #E0DFEB #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBBAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBBAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD3

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD3	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.035 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee0',
    500: '#bbbad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad3;
$custom-light: #cfcee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.4,
    "s": 22.124,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79767,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD3

secondary

#A7A889

accent

#A1459D

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD3

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

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