#BBBCE3#BBBCE3

#BBBCE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.055 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCE3
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 227)
HSL	hsl(239, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(239, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, 7.55, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 20.94, 291.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0132 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.055 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.3387, 52.0766, 79.9525)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCE3 #E3E2BB

analogous

#BBD0E3 #BBBCE3 #CEBBE3

triadic

#BBBCE3 #E3BBBC #BCE3BB

tetradic

#BBBCE3 #E3BBD0 #E3E2BB #BBE3CE

square

#BBBCE3 #E3BBD0 #E3E2BB #BBE3CE

split-complementary

#BBBCE3 #E3CEBB #D0E3BB

monochromatic

#6467BF #9091D1 #BBBCE3 #E6E7F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BBBCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCE3

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCE3	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.055 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0eb',
    500: '#bbbce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbce3;
$custom-light: #cfd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80732,
    "c": 0.05477,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCE3

secondary

#BCBB86

accent

#B131B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCE3

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

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