#BBB8DC#BBB8DC

#BBB8DC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.051 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8DC
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(245, 34%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 16%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, 8.22, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 19.45, 294.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0165 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.051 289)
XYZ	xyz(50.5495, 50.0126, 74.6865)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8DC #D9DCB8

analogous

#B8C7DC #BBB8DC #CDB8DC

triadic

#BBB8DC #DCBBB8 #B8DCBB

tetradic

#BBB8DC #DCB8C7 #D9DCB8 #B8DCCD

square

#BBB8DC #DCB8C7 #D9DCB8 #B8DCCD

split-complementary

#BBB8DC #DCCDB8 #C7DCB8

monochromatic

#6C66B4 #948FC8 #BBB8DC #E2E1F0 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BBB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8DC

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8DC	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.051 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde7',
    500: '#bbb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8dc;
$custom-light: #cfcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79683,
    "c": 0.05062,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.50013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8DC

secondary

#B0B485

accent

#AD39A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8DC

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

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