#BBBBE4#BBBBE4

#BBBBE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.058 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBE4
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 228)
HSL	hsl(240, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 18%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 8.32, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 22.03, 292.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0149 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.058 285)
XYZ	xyz(52.2642, 51.7062, 80.6105)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBE4 #E4E4BB

analogous

#BBD0E4 #BBBBE4 #D0BBE4

triadic

#BBBBE4 #E4BBBB #BBE4BB

tetradic

#BBBBE4 #E4BBD0 #E4E4BB #BBE4D0

square

#BBBBE4 #E4BBD0 #E4E4BB #BBE4D0

split-complementary

#BBBBE4 #E4D0BB #D0E4BB

monochromatic

#6363C1 #8F8FD3 #BBBBE4 #E7E7F5 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBBBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBE4

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBE4	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.058 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfec',
    500: '#bbbbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbe4;
$custom-light: #d0cfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.05757,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.51707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBE4

secondary

#BEBE85

accent

#B62FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBE4

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

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