#BBBCE4#BBBCE4

#BBBCE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.056 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCE4
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 228)
HSL	hsl(239, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(239, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, 7.77, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 21.47, 291.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0135 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.056 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4771, 52.1320, 80.6815)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCE4 #E4E3BB

analogous

#BBD1E4 #BBBCE4 #CFBBE4

triadic

#BBBCE4 #E4BBBC #BCE4BB

tetradic

#BBBCE4 #E4BBD1 #E4E3BB #BBE4CF

square

#BBBCE4 #E4BBD1 #E4E3BB #BBE4CF

split-complementary

#BBBCE4 #E4CFBB #D1E4BB

monochromatic

#6366C1 #8F91D3 #BBBCE4 #E7E7F5 #E9E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBBCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCE4

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCE4	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)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.056 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ec',
    500: '#bbbce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbce4;
$custom-light: #cfd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.537,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80769,
    "c": 0.05618,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCE4

secondary

#BEBC85

accent

#B32FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCE4

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

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