#BBB8ED#BBB8ED

#BBB8ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.074 H 287.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8ED
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 237)
HSL	hsl(243, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(243, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 11.95, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 28.57, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% 0.022 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.074 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9164, 50.9594, 87.1526)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8ED #EAEDB8

analogous

#B8D0ED #BBB8ED #D5B8ED

triadic

#BBB8ED #EDBBB8 #B8EDBB

tetradic

#BBB8ED #EDB8D0 #EAEDB8 #B8EDD5

square

#BBB8ED #EDB8D0 #EAEDB8 #B8EDD5

split-complementary

#BBB8ED #EDD5B8 #D0EDB8

monochromatic

#5D56D4 #8C87E1 #BBB8ED #E8E7F9 #E8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBB8ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BBB8ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8ED

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8ED	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.074 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf3',
    500: '#bbb8ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ed;
$custom-light: #d0cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.396,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80323,
    "c": 0.07446,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8ED

secondary

#C6CA7F

accent

#C71EBE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8ED

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

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