#BBB5DC#BBB5DC

#BBB5DC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.055 H 292.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5DC
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(249, 36%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 9.85, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 21.21, 297.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% 0.0208 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.055 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9329, 48.7795, 74.4810)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5DC #D6DCB5

analogous

#B5C2DC #BBB5DC #CEB5DC

triadic

#BBB5DC #DCBBB5 #B5DCBB

tetradic

#BBB5DC #DCB5C2 #D6DCB5 #B5DCCE

square

#BBB5DC #DCB5C2 #D6DCB5 #B5DCCE

split-complementary

#BBB5DC #DCCEB5 #C2DCB5

monochromatic

#6F62B5 #958BC8 #BBB5DC #E1DFF0 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#BBB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5DC

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5DC	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.055 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbe7',
    500: '#bbb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5dc;
$custom-light: #cfcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 35.78,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.05512,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5DC

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#AF379C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5DC

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

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