#BBB8DB#BBB8DB

#BBB8DB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.049 H 289.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8DB
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(245, 33%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 8.00, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 18.91, 295.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0162 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.049 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4174, 49.9598, 73.9911)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8DB #D8DBB8

analogous

#B8C7DB #BBB8DB #CDB8DB

triadic

#BBB8DB #DBBBB8 #B8DBBB

tetradic

#BBB8DB #DBB8C7 #D8DBB8 #B8DBCD

square

#BBB8DB #DBB8C7 #D8DBB8 #B8DBCD

split-complementary

#BBB8DB #DBCDB8 #C7DBB8

monochromatic

#6D67B2 #948FC6 #BBB8DB #E2E1F0 #ECEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BBB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8DB

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8DB	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5BDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.049 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde6',
    500: '#bbb8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8db;
$custom-light: #cfcde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.143,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79647,
    "c": 0.04922,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8DB

secondary

#EAEBE0

accent

#AB3AA2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F9FC

border

#D2D2D5

text

#141315

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8DB

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

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