#BBBADB#BBBADB

#BBBADB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.046 H 286.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBADB
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 219)
HSL	hsl(242, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(242, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, 6.92, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 17.77, 292.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0133 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.046 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8358, 50.7966, 74.1306)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBADB #DADBBA

analogous

#BACADB #BBBADB #CCBADB

triadic

#BBBADB #DBBBBA #BADBBB

tetradic

#BBBADB #DBBACA #DADBBA #BADBCC

square

#BBBADB #DBBACA #DADBBA #BADBCC

split-complementary

#BBBADB #DBCCBA #CADBBA

monochromatic

#6C6AB1 #9392C6 #BBBADB #E3E2F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBBADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBADB

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBADB	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbadb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.046 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee6',
    500: '#bbbadb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbadb;
$custom-light: #cfcee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbadb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.818,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80045,
    "c": 0.04632,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBADB

secondary

#B1B287

accent

#AA3BA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBADB

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

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