#BBB4E5#BBB4E5

#BBB4E5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.069 H 291.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4E5
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(249, 49%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(249, 21%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, 12.36, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 26.63, 297.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0251 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.069 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9544, 48.8639, 80.8607)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4E5 #DEE5B4

analogous

#B4C6E5 #BBB4E5 #D3B4E5

triadic

#BBB4E5 #E5BBB4 #B4E5BB

tetradic

#BBB4E5 #E5B4C6 #DEE5B4 #B4E5D3

square

#BBB4E5 #E5B4C6 #DEE5B4 #B4E5D3

split-complementary

#BBB4E5 #E5D3B4 #C6E5B4

monochromatic

#6959C5 #9287D5 #BBB4E5 #E4E1F5 #EAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4E5

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4E5	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)

#A9BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.069 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caed',
    500: '#bbb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4e5;
$custom-light: #d0caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7923,
    "c": 0.06919,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4E5

secondary

#ECEEDD

accent

#BC2AA7

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4E5

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

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