#BBB3FF#BBB3FF

#BBB3FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.107 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB3FF
RGB	rgb(187, 179, 255)
HSL	hsl(246, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(246, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 29.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 18.88, -36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 41.11, 297.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% 0.034 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.107 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6591, 50.0240, 101.3642)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB3FF #F7FFB3

analogous

#B3D1FF #BBB3FF #E1B3FF

triadic

#BBB3FF #FFBBB3 #B3FFBB

tetradic

#BBB3FF #FFB3D1 #F7FFB3 #B3FFE1

square

#BBB3FF #FFB3D1 #F7FFB3 #B3FFE1

split-complementary

#BBB3FF #FFE1B3 #D1FFB3

monochromatic

#4D39FF #8476FF #BBB3FF #E4E0FF #E4E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBB3FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBB3FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB3FF

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB3FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB3FF	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FBDFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EBAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb3ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 179, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.107 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9ff',
    500: '#bbb3ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb3ff;
$custom-light: #d1c9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb3ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80104,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB3FF

secondary

#D9E670

accent

#E600CD

background

#FEFDFF

surface

#FBF9FF

border

#D4D2D7

text

#141318

muted

#838286

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB3FF

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

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