#BBBCE9#BBBCE9

#BBBCE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.063 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCE9
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(239, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(239, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, 8.88, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 24.15, 291.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% 0.0152 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.063 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1812, 52.4136, 84.3900)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCE9 #E9E8BB

analogous

#BBD3E9 #BBBCE9 #D1BBE9

triadic

#BBBCE9 #E9BBBC #BCE9BB

tetradic

#BBBCE9 #E9BBD3 #E9E8BB #BBE9D1

square

#BBBCE9 #E9BBD3 #E9E8BB #BBE9D1

split-complementary

#BBBCE9 #E9D1BB #D3E9BB

monochromatic

#5F61CB #8D8EDA #BBBCE9 #E8E8F8 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BBBCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCE9

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCE9	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.063 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f0',
    500: '#bbbce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbce9;
$custom-light: #d0d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.696,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80955,
    "c": 0.0632,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCE9

secondary

#C5C384

accent

#BB27BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCE9

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

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