#BBB8CE#BBB8CE

#BBB8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.031 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8CE
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(248, 18%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(248, 11%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 5.30, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 11.93, 296.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% 0.0116 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.031 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7724, 49.3018, 65.3273)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8CE #CBCEB8

analogous

#B8C0CE #BBB8CE #C6B8CE

triadic

#BBB8CE #CEBBB8 #B8CEBB

tetradic

#BBB8CE #CEB8C0 #CBCEB8 #B8CEC6

square

#BBB8CE #CEB8C0 #CBCEB8 #B8CEC6

split-complementary

#BBB8CE #CEC6B8 #C0CEB8

monochromatic

#76709C #9894B5 #BBB8CE #DEDCE7 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBB8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#BBB8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8CE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8CE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.031 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcddd',
    500: '#bbb8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ce;
$custom-light: #cfcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.182,
    "s": 18.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79195,
    "c": 0.03099,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8CE

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9D4991

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8CE

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

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