#BBBBE5#BBBBE5

#BBBBE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.059 H 285.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBE5
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 229)
HSL	hsl(240, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 18.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 8.54, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 22.57, 292.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0153 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.059 285)
XYZ	xyz(52.4034, 51.7619, 81.3437)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBE5 #E5E5BB

analogous

#BBD0E5 #BBBBE5 #D0BBE5

triadic

#BBBBE5 #E5BBBB #BBE5BB

tetradic

#BBBBE5 #E5BBD0 #E5E5BB #BBE5D0

square

#BBBBE5 #E5BBD0 #E5E5BB #BBE5D0

split-complementary

#BBBBE5 #E5D0BB #D0E5BB

monochromatic

#6262C3 #8F8FD4 #BBBBE5 #E7E7F6 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBBBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBE5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBE5	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.059 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cfed',
    500: '#bbbbe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbe5;
$custom-light: #d0cfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80608,
    "c": 0.05898,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.51763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBE5

secondary

#BFBF85

accent

#B82EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBE5

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

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