#BBBBEC#BBBBEC

#BBBBEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.069 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBEC
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 236)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 20.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 10.09, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 26.32, 292.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0175 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.069 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4005, 52.1607, 86.5952)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBEC #ECECBB

analogous

#BBD3EC #BBBBEC #D3BBEC

triadic

#BBBBEC #ECBBBB #BBECBB

tetradic

#BBBBEC #ECBBD3 #ECECBB #BBECD3

square

#BBBBEC #ECBBD3 #ECECBB #BBECD3

split-complementary

#BBBBEC #ECD3BB #D3ECBB

monochromatic

#5B5BD1 #8B8BDF #BBBBEC #E7E7F8 #E7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBBEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBBBEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBEC

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBEC	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.069 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cff2',
    500: '#bbbbec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbec;
$custom-light: #d0cff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80872,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBEC

secondary

#C9C982

accent

#C422C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBEC

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

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