#BBB8DE#BBB8DE

#BBB8DE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.053 H 288.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8DE
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(245, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 8.65, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 20.52, 294.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0172 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.053 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8159, 50.1192, 76.0899)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8DE #DBDEB8

analogous

#B8C8DE #BBB8DE #CEB8DE

triadic

#BBB8DE #DEBBB8 #B8DEBB

tetradic

#BBB8DE #DEB8C8 #DBDEB8 #B8DECE

square

#BBB8DE #DEB8C8 #DBDEB8 #B8DECE

split-complementary

#BBB8DE #DECEB8 #C8DEB8

monochromatic

#6B64B7 #938ECB #BBB8DE #E3E2F1 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BBB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8DE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8DE	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.053 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde8',
    500: '#bbb8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8de;
$custom-light: #cfcde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.737,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79755,
    "c": 0.05343,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8DE

secondary

#B2B684

accent

#AF36A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8DE

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

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