#BBB4E0#BBB4E0

#BBB4E0 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.062 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4E0
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 224)
HSL	hsl(250, 42%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(250, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 19.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 11.26, -21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 23.95, 298.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0235 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.062 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2664, 48.5887, 77.2369)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4E0 #D9E0B4

analogous

#B4C3E0 #BBB4E0 #D1B4E0

triadic

#BBB4E0 #E0BBB4 #B4E0BB

tetradic

#BBB4E0 #E0B4C3 #D9E0B4 #B4E0D1

square

#BBB4E0 #E0B4C3 #D9E0B4 #B4E0D1

split-complementary

#BBB4E0 #E0D1B4 #C3E0B4

monochromatic

#6C5DBC #9489CE #BBB4E0 #E2DFF2 #EBE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBB4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BBB4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4E0

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4E0	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AABAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.062 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcae9',
    500: '#bbb4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4e0;
$custom-light: #cfcae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.545,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.06222,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4E0

secondary

#EBEDDE

accent

#B531A0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4E0

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

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