#BBB8DF#BBB8DF

#BBB8DF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.055 H 288.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8DF
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(245, 38%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(245, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 8.86, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 21.06, 294.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% 0.0175 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.055 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.9503, 50.1730, 76.7978)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8DF #DCDFB8

analogous

#B8C9DF #BBB8DF #CEB8DF

triadic

#BBB8DF #DFBBB8 #B8DFBB

tetradic

#BBB8DF #DFB8C9 #DCDFB8 #B8DFCE

square

#BBB8DF #DFB8C9 #DCDFB8 #B8DFCE

split-complementary

#BBB8DF #DFCEB8 #C9DFB8

monochromatic

#6A64B9 #938ECC #BBB8DF #E3E2F2 #EBEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8DF

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8DF	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFBDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.055 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde9',
    500: '#bbb8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8df;
$custom-light: #cfcde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 37.864,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79792,
    "c": 0.05484,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8DF

secondary

#B3B784

accent

#B135A7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFAFC

border

#D4D3D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8DF

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

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