#BBBCE5#BBBCE5

#BBBCE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.058 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCE5
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(239, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(239, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, 7.99, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 22.01, 291.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% 0.0139 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.058 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6163, 52.1876, 81.4147)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCE5 #E5E4BB

analogous

#BBD1E5 #BBBCE5 #CFBBE5

triadic

#BBBCE5 #E5BBBC #BCE5BB

tetradic

#BBBCE5 #E5BBD1 #E5E4BB #BBE5CF

square

#BBBCE5 #E5BBD1 #E5E4BB #BBE5CF

split-complementary

#BBBCE5 #E5CFBB #D1E5BB

monochromatic

#6265C3 #8F90D4 #BBBCE5 #E7E8F6 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BBBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCE5

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCE5	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.058 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ed',
    500: '#bbbce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbce5;
$custom-light: #d0d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80806,
    "c": 0.05758,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCE5

secondary

#BFBE85

accent

#B52EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCE5

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

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