#BBBADD#BBBADD

#BBBADD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.049 H 286.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBADD
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(242, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 7.34, -17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 18.84, 292.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% 0.014 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.049 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1007, 50.9025, 75.5256)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBADD #DCDDBA

analogous

#BACBDD #BBBADD #CDBADD

triadic

#BBBADD #DDBBBA #BADDBB

tetradic

#BBBADD #DDBACB #DCDDBA #BADDCD

square

#BBBADD #DDBACB #DCDDBA #BADDCD

split-complementary

#BBBADD #DDCDBA #CBDDBA

monochromatic

#6A68B5 #9391C9 #BBBADD #E3E3F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBADD

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBADD	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.049 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee7',
    500: '#bbbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbadd;
$custom-light: #cfcee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.714,
    "s": 33.981,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80116,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBADD

secondary

#B3B586

accent

#AD39A9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBADD

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

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