#BBB8EA#BBB8EA

#BBB8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.070 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8EA
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(244, 54%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(244, 21%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 11.28, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 26.96, 294.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0211 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.07 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4818, 50.7856, 84.8635)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8EA #E7EAB8

analogous

#B8CEEA #BBB8EA #D4B8EA

triadic

#BBB8EA #EABBB8 #B8EABB

tetradic

#BBB8EA #EAB8CE #E7EAB8 #B8EAD4

square

#BBB8EA #EAB8CE #E7EAB8 #B8EAD4

split-complementary

#BBB8EA #EAD4B8 #CEEAB8

monochromatic

#615ACE #8E89DC #BBB8EA #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8EA

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8EA	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.070 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf0',
    500: '#bbb8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ea;
$custom-light: #d0cdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.6,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80206,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8EA

secondary

#C2C680

accent

#C224B8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8EA

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

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