#BBBEE4#BBBEE4

#BBBEE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.053 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE4
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 228)
HSL	hsl(236, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(236, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 16.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, 6.69, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 20.37, 289.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% 0.0107 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.053 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9073, 52.9924, 80.8249)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE4 #E4E1BB

analogous

#BBD3E4 #BBBEE4 #CDBBE4

triadic

#BBBEE4 #E4BBBE #BEE4BB

tetradic

#BBBEE4 #E4BBD3 #E4E1BB #BBE4CD

square

#BBBEE4 #E4BBD3 #E4E1BB #BBE4CD

split-complementary

#BBBEE4 #E4CDBB #D3E4BB

monochromatic

#636AC1 #8F94D3 #BBBEE4 #E7E8F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BBBEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE4

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE4	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.053 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1ec',
    500: '#bbbee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee4;
$custom-light: #cfd1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81167,
    "c": 0.05348,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE4

secondary

#BEBA85

accent

#AC2FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE4

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

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