#BBBBE3#BBBBE3

#BBBBE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.056 H 285.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBE3
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 227)
HSL	hsl(240, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, 8.10, -19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 21.50, 292.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0146 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.056 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1258, 51.6508, 79.8815)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBE3 #E3E3BB

analogous

#BBCFE3 #BBBBE3 #CFBBE3

triadic

#BBBBE3 #E3BBBB #BBE3BB

tetradic

#BBBBE3 #E3BBCF #E3E3BB #BBE3CF

square

#BBBBE3 #E3BBCF #E3E3BB #BBE3CF

split-complementary

#BBBBE3 #E3CFBB #CFE3BB

monochromatic

#6464BF #9090D1 #BBBBE3 #E6E6F5 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBBBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBE3

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBE3	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BFE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.056 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfeb',
    500: '#bbbbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbe3;
$custom-light: #cfcfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80534,
    "c": 0.05617,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBE3

secondary

#BCBC86

accent

#B531B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBE3

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

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