#BBBEE0#BBBEE0

#BBBEE0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.048 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE0
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 224)
HSL	hsl(235, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, 5.82, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 18.24, 288.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% 0.0094 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.048 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3584, 52.7728, 77.9342)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE0 #E0DDBB

analogous

#BBD0E0 #BBBEE0 #CABBE0

triadic

#BBBEE0 #E0BBBE #BEE0BB

tetradic

#BBBEE0 #E0BBD0 #E0DDBB #BBE0CA

square

#BBBEE0 #E0BBD0 #E0DDBB #BBE0CA

split-complementary

#BBBEE0 #E0CABB #D0E0BB

monochromatic

#676EBA #9196CD #BBBEE0 #E5E6F3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BBBEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE0

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE0	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.048 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1e9',
    500: '#bbbee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee0;
$custom-light: #cfd1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.135,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81023,
    "c": 0.04787,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE0

secondary

#B9B587

accent

#A635B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE0

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

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