#BBB4E9#BBB4E9

#BBB4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.075 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB4E9
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(248, 55%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(248, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 13.25, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 28.77, 297.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0264 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.075 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5194, 49.0899, 83.8360)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB4E9 #E2E9B4

analogous

#B4C7E9 #BBB4E9 #D5B4E9

triadic

#BBB4E9 #E9BBB4 #B4E9BB

tetradic

#BBB4E9 #E9B4C7 #E2E9B4 #B4E9D5

square

#BBB4E9 #E9B4C7 #E2E9B4 #B4E9D5

split-complementary

#BBB4E9 #E9D5B4 #C7E9B4

monochromatic

#6555CD #9085DB #BBB4E9 #E6E3F7 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB4E9

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB4E9	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.075 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0caf0',
    500: '#bbb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb4e9;
$custom-light: #d0caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.925,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.07476,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB4E9

secondary

#EDEFDC

accent

#C223AD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB4E9

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

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