#BBB5DE#BBB5DE

#BBB5DE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.058 H 291.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5DE
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(249, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(249, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 10.28, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 22.28, 297.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0214 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.058 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1993, 48.8861, 75.8843)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5DE #D8DEB5

analogous

#B5C4DE #BBB5DE #D0B5DE

triadic

#BBB5DE #DEBBB5 #B5DEBB

tetradic

#BBB5DE #DEB5C4 #D8DEB5 #B5DED0

square

#BBB5DE #DEB5C4 #D8DEB5 #B5DED0

split-complementary

#BBB5DE #DED0B5 #C4DEB5

monochromatic

#6D60B8 #948BCB #BBB5DE #E2DFF1 #ECEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5DE

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5DE	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.058 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcbe8',
    500: '#bbb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5de;
$custom-light: #cfcbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.78,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79162,
    "c": 0.05791,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5DE

secondary

#EAECDF

accent

#B1349F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5DE

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

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