#BBBAD5#BBBAD5

#BBBAD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.038 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD5
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 213)
HSL	hsl(242, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, 5.66, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 14.54, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0112 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.038 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0601, 50.4863, 70.0454)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD5 #D4D5BA

analogous

#BAC6D5 #BBBAD5 #C8BAD5

triadic

#BBBAD5 #D5BBBA #BAD5BB

tetradic

#BBBAD5 #D5BAC6 #D4D5BA #BAD5C8

square

#BBBAD5 #D5BAC6 #D4D5BA #BAD5C8

split-complementary

#BBBAD5 #D5C8BA #C6D5BA

monochromatic

#706EA7 #9694BE #BBBAD5 #E0E0EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBBAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD5

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD5	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.038 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee2',
    500: '#bbbad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad5;
$custom-light: #cfcee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.222,
    "s": 24.324,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79835,
    "c": 0.03789,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD5

secondary

#AAAB88

accent

#A3439F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD5

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

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