#BBB8EC#BBB8EC

#BBB8EC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.073 H 287.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8EC
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(243, 58%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 11.73, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 28.03, 294.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0217 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.073 287.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.7707, 50.9011, 86.3853)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8EC #E9ECB8

analogous

#B8CFEC #BBB8EC #D5B8EC

triadic

#BBB8EC #ECBBB8 #B8ECBB

tetradic

#BBB8EC #ECB8CF #E9ECB8 #B8ECD5

square

#BBB8EC #ECB8CF #E9ECB8 #B8ECD5

split-complementary

#BBB8EC #ECD5B8 #CFECB8

monochromatic

#5F57D2 #8D88DF #BBB8EC #E8E7F9 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8EC

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8EC	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.073 287.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf2',
    500: '#bbb8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ec;
$custom-light: #d0cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.462,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80283,
    "c": 0.07306,
    "h": 287.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8EC

secondary

#C5C97F

accent

#C520BC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8EC

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

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