#BBB4E7#BBB4E7

#BBB4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.072 H 291.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4E7
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(248, 52%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(248, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 12.80, -24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 27.70, 297.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0257 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.072 291)
XYZ	xyz(51.2353, 48.9763, 82.3399)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4E7 #E0E7B4

analogous

#B4C6E7 #BBB4E7 #D4B4E7

triadic

#BBB4E7 #E7BBB4 #B4E7BB

tetradic

#BBB4E7 #E7B4C6 #E0E7B4 #B4E7D4

square

#BBB4E7 #E7B4C6 #E0E7B4 #B4E7D4

split-complementary

#BBB4E7 #E7D4B4 #C6E7B4

monochromatic

#6757C9 #9186D8 #BBB4E7 #E5E2F6 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBB4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4E7

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4E7	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.072 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caee',
    500: '#bbb4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4e7;
$custom-light: #d0caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.235,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79308,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.48977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4E7

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#BF27AA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4E7

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

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