#BBB8D3#BBB8D3

#BBB8D3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.038 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8D3
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 211)
HSL	hsl(247, 23%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(247, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 6.33, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 14.62, 295.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% 0.0134 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.038 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3895, 49.5486, 68.5772)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8D3 #D0D3B8

analogous

#B8C2D3 #BBB8D3 #C9B8D3

triadic

#BBB8D3 #D3BBB8 #B8D3BB

tetradic

#BBB8D3 #D3B8C2 #D0D3B8 #B8D3C9

square

#BBB8D3 #D3B8C2 #D0D3B8 #B8D3C9

split-complementary

#BBB8D3 #D3C9B8 #C2D3B8

monochromatic

#736CA4 #9792BC #BBB8D3 #DFDEEA #EDECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBB8D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BBB8D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8D3

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8D3	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.038 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde0',
    500: '#bbb8d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8d3;
$custom-light: #cfcde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 23.478,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79365,
    "c": 0.03799,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8D3

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A24497

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8D3

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

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