#BBBBE1#BBBBE1

#BBBBE1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.053 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBE1
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 225)
HSL	hsl(240, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, 7.66, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 20.42, 292.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0139 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.053 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8514, 51.5411, 78.4362)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBE1 #E1E1BB

analogous

#BBCEE1 #BBBBE1 #CEBBE1

triadic

#BBBBE1 #E1BBBB #BBE1BB

tetradic

#BBBBE1 #E1BBCE #E1E1BB #BBE1CE

square

#BBBBE1 #E1BBCE #E1E1BB #BBE1CE

split-complementary

#BBBBE1 #E1CEBB #CEE1BB

monochromatic

#6666BC #9191CE #BBBBE1 #E5E5F4 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBBBE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BBBBE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBE1

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBE1	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.053 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfea',
    500: '#bbbbe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbe1;
$custom-light: #cfcfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8046,
    "c": 0.05335,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBE1

secondary

#BABA86

accent

#B234B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBE1

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

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