#BBBBEE#BBBBEE

#BBBBEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.072 H 284.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBEE
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, 10.54, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 27.39, 292.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% 0.0182 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.072 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.6927, 52.2776, 88.1341)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBEE #EEEEBB

analogous

#BBD4EE #BBBBEE #D4BBEE

triadic

#BBBBEE #EEBBBB #BBEEBB

tetradic

#BBBBEE #EEBBD4 #EEEEBB #BBEED4

square

#BBBBEE #EEBBD4 #EEEEBB #BBEED4

split-complementary

#BBBBEE #EED4BB #D4EEBB

monochromatic

#5959D6 #8A8AE2 #BBBBEE #E7E7F9 #E7E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BBBBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBEE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBEE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.072 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cff3',
    500: '#bbbbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbee;
$custom-light: #d0cff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80949,
    "c": 0.0716,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBEE

secondary

#CCCC81

accent

#C81EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBEE

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

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