#BBBDF8#BBBDF8

#BBBDF8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.083 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDF8
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 248)
HSL	hsl(238, 81%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(238, 25%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, 11.74, -29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 31.60, 291.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% 0.0185 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.083 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.6301, 53.7361, 96.2299)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDF8 #F8F6BB

analogous

#BBDBF8 #BBBDF8 #D7BBF8

triadic

#BBBDF8 #F8BBBD #BDF8BB

tetradic

#BBBDF8 #F8BBDB #F8F6BB #BBF8D7

square

#BBBDF8 #F8BBDB #F8F6BB #BBF8D7

split-complementary

#BBBDF8 #F8D7BB #DBF8BB

monochromatic

#4C51ED #8487F2 #BBBDF8 #E3E4FC #E3E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBBDF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BBBDF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDF8

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDF8	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABC0F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.083 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0fa',
    500: '#bbbdf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdf8;
$custom-light: #d0d0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 81.333,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDF8

secondary

#DBD87C

accent

#D708DE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFF

border

#D4D4D7

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDF8

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

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