#BBBAE0#BBBAE0

#BBBAE0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.053 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAE0
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 224)
HSL	hsl(242, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(242, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 17%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 7.99, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 20.45, 292.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.015 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.053 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5039, 51.0638, 77.6494)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAE0 #DFE0BA

analogous

#BACCE0 #BBBAE0 #CEBAE0

triadic

#BBBAE0 #E0BBBA #BAE0BB

tetradic

#BBBAE0 #E0BACC #DFE0BA #BAE0CE

square

#BBBAE0 #E0BACC #DFE0BA #BAE0CE

split-complementary

#BBBAE0 #E0CEBA #CCE0BA

monochromatic

#6866BA #9190CD #BBBAE0 #E5E4F3 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BBBAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAE0

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAE0	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.053 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcee9',
    500: '#bbbae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbae0;
$custom-light: #cfcee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.579,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80225,
    "c": 0.05335,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAE0

secondary

#B7B986

accent

#B135AE

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAE0

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

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