#BBBBE0#BBBBE0

#BBBBE0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.052 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBE0
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 224)
HSL	hsl(240, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 16.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, 7.45, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 19.89, 291.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% 0.0136 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.052 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7153, 51.4866, 77.7199)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBE0 #E0E0BB

analogous

#BBCDE0 #BBBBE0 #CDBBE0

triadic

#BBBBE0 #E0BBBB #BBE0BB

tetradic

#BBBBE0 #E0BBCD #E0E0BB #BBE0CD

square

#BBBBE0 #E0BBCD #E0E0BB #BBE0CD

split-complementary

#BBBBE0 #E0CDBB #CDE0BB

monochromatic

#6767BA #9191CD #BBBBE0 #E5E5F3 #EAEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BBBBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBE0

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBE0	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.052 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe9',
    500: '#bbbbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbe0;
$custom-light: #cfcfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80424,
    "c": 0.05195,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBE0

secondary

#B9B987

accent

#B035B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBE0

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

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