#BBBAD9#BBBAD9

#BBBAD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.044 H 286.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAD9
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 29%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 14.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, 6.49, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 16.69, 292.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0126 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.044 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5741, 50.6919, 72.7523)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAD9 #D8D9BA

analogous

#BAC9D9 #BBBAD9 #CBBAD9

triadic

#BBBAD9 #D9BBBA #BAD9BB

tetradic

#BBBAD9 #D9BAC9 #D8D9BA #BAD9CB

square

#BBBAD9 #D9BAC9 #D8D9BA #BAD9CB

split-complementary

#BBBAD9 #D9CBBA #C9D9BA

monochromatic

#6D6BAE #9493C3 #BBBAD9 #E2E1EF #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBBAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBBAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAD9

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAD9	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.044 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee4',
    500: '#bbbad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbad9;
$custom-light: #cfcee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79974,
    "c": 0.04351,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAD9

secondary

#AEB087

accent

#A83EA4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAD9

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

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