#BBBAD4#BBBAD4

#BBBAD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.036 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD4
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(242, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 5.45, -12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 14.01, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0109 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.036 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9336, 50.4357, 69.3790)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD4 #D3D4BA

analogous

#BAC6D4 #BBBAD4 #C8BAD4

triadic

#BBBAD4 #D4BBBA #BAD4BB

tetradic

#BBBAD4 #D4BAC6 #D3D4BA #BAD4C8

square

#BBBAD4 #D4BAC6 #D3D4BA #BAD4C8

split-complementary

#BBBAD4 #D4C8BA #C6D4BA

monochromatic

#716FA5 #9694BD #BBBAD4 #E0E0EB #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BBBAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD4

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD4	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.036 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee1',
    500: '#bbbad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad4;
$custom-light: #cfcee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 23.214,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79801,
    "c": 0.03647,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD4

secondary

#A8AA89

accent

#A2449E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD4

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

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