#BBBBE9#BBBBE9

#BBBBE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.065 H 284.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBE9
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 233)
HSL	hsl(240, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(240, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 9.42, -22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 24.71, 292.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% 0.0166 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.065 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9683, 51.9878, 84.3190)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBE9 #E9E9BB

analogous

#BBD2E9 #BBBBE9 #D2BBE9

triadic

#BBBBE9 #E9BBBB #BBE9BB

tetradic

#BBBBE9 #E9BBD2 #E9E9BB #BBE9D2

square

#BBBBE9 #E9BBD2 #E9E9BB #BBE9D2

split-complementary

#BBBBE9 #E9D2BB #D2E9BB

monochromatic

#5F5FCB #8D8DDA #BBBBE9 #E8E8F8 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBBE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBBBE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBE9

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBE9	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.065 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cff0',
    500: '#bbbbe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbe9;
$custom-light: #d0cff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80758,
    "c": 0.06459,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBE9

secondary

#C5C584

accent

#BE27BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBE9

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

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