#BBBAD6#BBBAD6

#BBBAD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.039 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD6
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(242, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 5.86, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 15.08, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0116 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.039 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1874, 50.5372, 70.7159)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD6 #D5D6BA

analogous

#BAC7D6 #BBBAD6 #C9BAD6

triadic

#BBBAD6 #D6BBBA #BAD6BB

tetradic

#BBBAD6 #D6BAC7 #D5D6BA #BAD6C9

square

#BBBAD6 #D6BAC7 #D5D6BA #BAD6C9

split-complementary

#BBBAD6 #D6C9BA #C7D6BA

monochromatic

#6F6DA8 #9594BF #BBBAD6 #E1E0ED #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBBAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD6

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD6	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.039 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee2',
    500: '#bbbad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad6;
$custom-light: #cfcee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 25.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7987,
    "c": 0.03929,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD6

secondary

#ABAC88

accent

#A442A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD6

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

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