#BBBCE2#BBBCE2

#BBBCE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.053 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCE2
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(238, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, 7.34, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 20.40, 291.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% 0.0129 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.053 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2011, 52.0215, 79.2277)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCE2 #E2E1BB

analogous

#BBCFE2 #BBBCE2 #CDBBE2

triadic

#BBBCE2 #E2BBBC #BCE2BB

tetradic

#BBBCE2 #E2BBCF #E2E1BB #BBE2CD

square

#BBBCE2 #E2BBCF #E2E1BB #BBE2CD

split-complementary

#BBBCE2 #E2CDBB #CFE2BB

monochromatic

#6567BD #9092D0 #BBBCE2 #E6E6F4 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBBCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCE2

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCE2	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)

#B3C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.053 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0eb',
    500: '#bbbce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbce2;
$custom-light: #cfd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.05337,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCE2

secondary

#BBBA86

accent

#B032B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCE2

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

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