#BBBAE3#BBBAE3

#BBBAE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.058 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAE3
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 227)
HSL	hsl(241, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(241, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 8.64, -20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 22.06, 293.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.016 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.058 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9144, 51.2280, 79.8111)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAE3 #E2E3BA

analogous

#BACDE3 #BBBAE3 #CFBAE3

triadic

#BBBAE3 #E3BBBA #BAE3BB

tetradic

#BBBAE3 #E3BACD #E2E3BA #BAE3CF

square

#BBBAE3 #E3BACD #E2E3BA #BAE3CF

split-complementary

#BBBAE3 #E3CFBA #CDE3BA

monochromatic

#6563C0 #908ED1 #BBBAE3 #E6E6F5 #EAE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BBBAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAE3

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAE3	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.058 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfceeb',
    500: '#bbbae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbae3;
$custom-light: #cfceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.463,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80335,
    "c": 0.05758,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAE3

secondary

#BBBD85

accent

#B530B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAE3

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

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