#BBB3EC#BBB3EC

#BBB3EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.080 H 290.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3EC
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(248, 60%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(248, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 14.47, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 30.97, 297.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0287 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.08 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7504, 48.8605, 86.0452)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3EC #E4ECB3

analogous

#B3C8EC #BBB3EC #D8B3EC

triadic

#BBB3EC #ECBBB3 #B3ECBB

tetradic

#BBB3EC #ECB3C8 #E4ECB3 #B3ECD8

square

#BBB3EC #ECB3C8 #E4ECB3 #B3ECD8

split-complementary

#BBB3EC #ECD8B3 #C8ECB3

monochromatic

#6351D4 #8F82E0 #BBB3EC #E7E4F8 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3EC

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3EC	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5BBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.080 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9f2',
    500: '#bbb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3ec;
$custom-light: #d0c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.421,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79311,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3EC

secondary

#EDF0DB

accent

#C81EB0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3EC

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

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