#BBB5EE#BBB5EE

#BBB5EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.080 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5EE
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(246, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(246, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 13.83, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 30.86, 296.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.0265 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.08 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4464, 49.7849, 87.7187)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5EE #E8EEB5

analogous

#B5CCEE #BBB5EE #D8B5EE

triadic

#BBB5EE #EEBBB5 #B5EEBB

tetradic

#BBB5EE #EEB5CC #E8EEB5 #B5EED8

square

#BBB5EE #EEB5CC #E8EEB5 #B5EED8

split-complementary

#BBB5EE #EED8B5 #CCEEB5

monochromatic

#6051D7 #8D83E3 #BBB5EE #E8E6F9 #E8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5EE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5EE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.080 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbf3',
    500: '#bbb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ee;
$custom-light: #d0cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79778,
    "c": 0.08024,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5EE

secondary

#EEF1DA

accent

#CA1BB8

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5EE

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

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