#BBBAEE#BBBAEE

#BBBAEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.073 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBAEE
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(241, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(241, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, 11.09, -25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 27.95, 293.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0195 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.073 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4813, 51.8548, 88.0636)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBAEE #EDEEBA

analogous

#BAD3EE #BBBAEE #D5BAEE

triadic

#BBBAEE #EEBBBA #BAEEBB

tetradic

#BBBAEE #EEBAD3 #EDEEBA #BAEED5

square

#BBBAEE #EEBAD3 #EDEEBA #BAEED5

split-complementary

#BBBAEE #EED5BA #D3EEBA

monochromatic

#5A58D6 #8B89E2 #BBBAEE #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BBBAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBAEE

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBAEE	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.073 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cef3',
    500: '#bbbaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbaee;
$custom-light: #d0cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.154,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80753,
    "c": 0.073,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBAEE

secondary

#CACC80

accent

#C81DC5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBAEE

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

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