#BBB5EF#BBB5EF

#BBB5EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.082 H 289.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB5EF
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(246, 64%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(246, 24%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, 14.05, -28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 31.39, 296.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% 0.0268 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.082 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5937, 49.8438, 88.4945)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB5EF #E9EFB5

analogous

#B5CCEF #BBB5EF #D8B5EF

triadic

#BBB5EF #EFBBB5 #B5EFBB

tetradic

#BBB5EF #EFB5CC #E9EFB5 #B5EFD8

square

#BBB5EF #EFB5CC #E9EFB5 #B5EFD8

split-complementary

#BBB5EF #EFD8B5 #CCEFB5

monochromatic

#5F50D9 #8D83E4 #BBB5EF #E8E6FA #E8E6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB5EF

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB5EF	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7BCF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6BAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.082 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbf4',
    500: '#bbb5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb5ef;
$custom-light: #d0cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.207,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79818,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB5EF

secondary

#EFF1DA

accent

#CC19BA

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB5EF

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

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