#BBBEE3#BBBEE3

#BBBEE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.052 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE3
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 227)
HSL	hsl(236, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(236, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 16.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, 6.47, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 19.84, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% 0.0104 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.052 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7689, 52.9370, 80.0959)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE3 #E3E0BB

analogous

#BBD2E3 #BBBEE3 #CCBBE3

triadic

#BBBEE3 #E3BBBE #BEE3BB

tetradic

#BBBEE3 #E3BBD2 #E3E0BB #BBE3CC

square

#BBBEE3 #E3BBD2 #E3E0BB #BBE3CC

split-complementary

#BBBEE3 #E3CCBB #D2E3BB

monochromatic

#646BBF #9095D1 #BBBEE3 #E6E7F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BBBEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE3

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE3	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.052 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1eb',
    500: '#bbbee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee3;
$custom-light: #cfd1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.05207,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE3

secondary

#BCB886

accent

#AB31B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE3

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

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