#BBB8EE#BBB8EE

#BBB8EE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.076 H 287.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8EE
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(243, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(243, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, 12.18, -26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 29.10, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0223 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.076 287.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0629, 51.0180, 87.9242)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8EE #EBEEB8

analogous

#B8D0EE #BBB8EE #D6B8EE

triadic

#BBB8EE #EEBBB8 #B8EEBB

tetradic

#BBB8EE #EEB8D0 #EBEEB8 #B8EED6

square

#BBB8EE #EEB8D0 #EBEEB8 #B8EED6

split-complementary

#BBB8EE #EED6B8 #D0EEB8

monochromatic

#5C55D6 #8C87E2 #BBB8EE #E7E6F9 #E7E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8EE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8EE	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABCED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.076 287.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdf3',
    500: '#bbb8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ee;
$custom-light: #d0cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80362,
    "c": 0.07586,
    "h": 287.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8EE

secondary

#C7CC7E

accent

#C91CBF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFE

border

#D4D3D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8EE

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

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