#BBB8DD#BBB8DD

#BBB8DD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.052 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8DD
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(245, 35%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(245, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 8.43, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 19.99, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0168 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.052 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6823, 50.0658, 75.3861)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8DD #DADDB8

analogous

#B8C8DD #BBB8DD #CEB8DD

triadic

#BBB8DD #DDBBB8 #B8DDBB

tetradic

#BBB8DD #DDB8C8 #DADDB8 #B8DDCE

square

#BBB8DD #DDB8C8 #DADDB8 #B8DDCE

split-complementary

#BBB8DD #DDCEB8 #C8DDB8

monochromatic

#6C65B5 #938FC9 #BBB8DD #E3E1F1 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8DD

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8DD	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.052 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde7',
    500: '#bbb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8dd;
$custom-light: #cfcde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.865,
    "s": 35.238,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79719,
    "c": 0.05203,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8DD

secondary

#B1B584

accent

#AE37A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8DD

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

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