#BBBEE1#BBBEE1

#BBBEE1 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.049 H 281.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE1
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 225)
HSL	hsl(235, 39%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(235, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 15.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, 6.04, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 18.77, 288.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% 0.0097 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.049 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4944, 52.8272, 78.6506)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE1 #E1DEBB

analogous

#BBD1E1 #BBBEE1 #CBBBE1

triadic

#BBBEE1 #E1BBBE #BEE1BB

tetradic

#BBBEE1 #E1BBD1 #E1DEBB #BBE1CB

square

#BBBEE1 #E1BBD1 #E1DEBB #BBE1CB

split-complementary

#BBBEE1 #E1CBBB #D1E1BB

monochromatic

#666DBC #9195CE #BBBEE1 #E5E7F4 #EAEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBEE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#BBBEE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE1

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE1	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.049 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ea',
    500: '#bbbee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee1;
$custom-light: #cfd1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.263,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81059,
    "c": 0.04927,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE1

secondary

#BAB686

accent

#A834B2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE1

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

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