#BBB5EC#BBB5EC

#BBB5EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.077 H 289.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5EC
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(247, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(247, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 13.37, -26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 29.79, 296.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0259 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.077 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1542, 49.6680, 86.1798)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5EC #E6ECB5

analogous

#B5CBEC #BBB5EC #D7B5EC

triadic

#BBB5EC #ECBBB5 #B5ECBB

tetradic

#BBB5EC #ECB5CB #E6ECB5 #B5ECD7

square

#BBB5EC #ECB5CB #E6ECB5 #B5ECD7

split-complementary

#BBB5EC #ECD7B5 #CBECB5

monochromatic

#6254D3 #8E84DF #BBB5EC #E8E6F9 #E9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5EC

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5EC	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BCEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.077 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbf2',
    500: '#bbb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ec;
$custom-light: #d0cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.545,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79699,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5EC

secondary

#EEF0DB

accent

#C71FB4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5EC

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

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