#BBB8DA#BBB8DA

#BBB8DA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.048 H 289.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8DA
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 218)
HSL	hsl(245, 31%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 16%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 7.79, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 18.38, 295.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% 0.0158 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.048 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2862, 49.9073, 73.2999)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8DA #D7DAB8

analogous

#B8C6DA #BBB8DA #CCB8DA

triadic

#BBB8DA #DABBB8 #B8DABB

tetradic

#BBB8DA #DAB8C6 #D7DAB8 #B8DACC

square

#BBB8DA #DAB8C6 #D7DAB8 #B8DACC

split-complementary

#BBB8DA #DACCB8 #C6DAB8

monochromatic

#6E68B0 #9490C5 #BBB8DA #E2E0EF #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBB8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBB8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8DA

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8DA	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.048 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde5',
    500: '#bbb8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8da;
$custom-light: #cfcde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.294,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79611,
    "c": 0.04782,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8DA

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#AA3BA0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F9FC

border

#D2D2D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8DA

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

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