#BBBAD7#BBBAD7

#BBBAD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.041 H 287.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD7
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 215)
HSL	hsl(242, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 6.07, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 15.62, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% 0.0119 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.041 287)
XYZ	xyz(50.3155, 50.5885, 71.3905)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD7 #D6D7BA

analogous

#BAC7D7 #BBBAD7 #C9BAD7

triadic

#BBBAD7 #D7BBBA #BAD7BB

tetradic

#BBBAD7 #D7BAC7 #D6D7BA #BAD7C9

square

#BBBAD7 #D7BAC7 #D6D7BA #BAD7C9

split-complementary

#BBBAD7 #D7C9BA #C7D7BA

monochromatic

#6F6DAA #9593C1 #BBBAD7 #E1E1ED #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBAD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#BBBAD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD7

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD7	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.041 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee3',
    500: '#bbbad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad7;
$custom-light: #cfcee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 26.606,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79904,
    "c": 0.04069,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.50589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD7

secondary

#ACAD88

accent

#A540A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD7

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

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