#BBB8FF#BBB8FF

#BBB8FF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.100 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB8FF
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 255)
HSL	hsl(243, 100%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(243, 28%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 16.13, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 38.18, 294.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0272 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.1 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6794, 52.0646, 101.7043)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB8FF #FCFFB8

analogous

#B8D8FF #BBB8FF #DEB8FF

triadic

#BBB8FF #FFBBB8 #B8FFBB

tetradic

#BBB8FF #FFB8D8 #FCFFB8 #B8FFDE

square

#BBB8FF #FFB8D8 #FCFFB8 #B8FFDE

split-complementary

#BBB8FF #FFDEB8 #D8FFB8

monochromatic

#463EFF #807BFF #BBB8FF #E2E0FF #E2E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBB8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BBB8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB8FF

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB8FF	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3BDFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.100 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cdff',
    500: '#bbb8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb8ff;
$custom-light: #d0cdff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.535,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81057,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB8FF

secondary

#E2E775

accent

#E600DC

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFAFF

border

#D4D3D7

text

#141318

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB8FF

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

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