#BBBAE5#BBBAE5

#BBBAE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.060 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAE5
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(241, 45%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(241, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, 9.08, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 23.13, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0167 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.06 286)
XYZ	xyz(52.1920, 51.3391, 81.2733)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAE5 #E4E5BA

analogous

#BACFE5 #BBBAE5 #D1BAE5

triadic

#BBBAE5 #E5BBBA #BAE5BB

tetradic

#BBBAE5 #E5BACF #E4E5BA #BAE5D1

square

#BBBAE5 #E5BACF #E4E5BA #BAE5D1

split-complementary

#BBBAE5 #E5D1BA #CFE5BA

monochromatic

#6361C4 #8F8ED4 #BBBAE5 #E7E6F6 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAE5

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAE5	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.060 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ceed',
    500: '#bbbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbae5;
$custom-light: #d0ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.395,
    "s": 45.263,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8041,
    "c": 0.06039,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.5134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAE5

secondary

#BEBF84

accent

#B82DB5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAE5

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

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