#BBB5DD#BBB5DD

#BBB5DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.057 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5DD
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(249, 37%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, 10.07, -19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 21.75, 297.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0211 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.057 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0657, 48.8326, 75.1806)
Luminance	0.4883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5DD #D7DDB5

analogous

#B5C3DD #BBB5DD #CFB5DD

triadic

#BBB5DD #DDBBB5 #B5DDBB

tetradic

#BBB5DD #DDB5C3 #D7DDB5 #B5DDCF

square

#BBB5DD #DDB5C3 #D7DDB5 #B5DDCF

split-complementary

#BBB5DD #DDCFB5 #C3DDB5

monochromatic

#6E61B6 #948BCA #BBB5DD #E2DFF0 #ECEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#BBB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5DD

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5DD	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)

#ACBADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.057 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbe7',
    500: '#bbb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5dd;
$custom-light: #cfcbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79125,
    "c": 0.05651,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5DD

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B0369E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5DD

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

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