#BBBAD8#BBBAD8

#BBBAD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.042 H 286.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD8
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 216)
HSL	hsl(242, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, 6.28, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 16.16, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0123 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.042 286.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4444, 50.6400, 72.0693)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD8 #D7D8BA

analogous

#BAC8D8 #BBBAD8 #CABAD8

triadic

#BBBAD8 #D8BBBA #BAD8BB

tetradic

#BBBAD8 #D8BAC8 #D7D8BA #BAD8CA

square

#BBBAD8 #D8BAC8 #D7D8BA #BAD8CA

split-complementary

#BBBAD8 #D8CABA #C8D8BA

monochromatic

#6E6CAC #9493C2 #BBBAD8 #E2E1EE #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBBAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD8

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD8	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.042 286.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee4',
    500: '#bbbad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad8;
$custom-light: #cfcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 286.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD8

secondary

#ADAF88

accent

#A63FA3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD8

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

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