#BBB8EB#BBB8EB

#BBB8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.072 H 287.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8EB
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 235)
HSL	hsl(244, 56%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(244, 22%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 11.50, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 27.50, 294.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% 0.0214 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.072 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6259, 50.8432, 85.6223)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8EB #E8EBB8

analogous

#B8CFEB #BBB8EB #D4B8EB

triadic

#BBB8EB #EBBBB8 #B8EBBB

tetradic

#BBB8EB #EBB8CF #E8EBB8 #B8EBD4

square

#BBB8EB #EBB8CF #E8EBB8 #B8EBD4

split-complementary

#BBB8EB #EBD4B8 #CFEBB8

monochromatic

#6059D0 #8D88DE #BBB8EB #E8E7F8 #E8E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBB8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BBB8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8EB

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8EB	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.072 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf1',
    500: '#bbb8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8eb;
$custom-light: #d0cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80245,
    "c": 0.07166,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8EB

secondary

#C3C780

accent

#C422BA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8EB

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

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