#BBB4E8#BBB4E8

#BBB4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.073 H 290.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4E8
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 232)
HSL	hsl(248, 53%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(248, 22%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 13.02, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 28.24, 297.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0261 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.073 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3769, 49.0329, 83.0858)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4E8 #E1E8B4

analogous

#B4C7E8 #BBB4E8 #D5B4E8

triadic

#BBB4E8 #E8BBB4 #B4E8BB

tetradic

#BBB4E8 #E8B4C7 #E1E8B4 #B4E8D5

square

#BBB4E8 #E8B4C7 #E1E8B4 #B4E8D5

split-complementary

#BBB4E8 #E8D5B4 #C7E8B4

monochromatic

#6656CB #9185DA #BBB4E8 #E5E3F6 #EAE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#BBB4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4E8

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4E8	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.073 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caef',
    500: '#bbb4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4e8;
$custom-light: #d0caef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.077,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.07337,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4E8

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C025AC

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4E8

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

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