#BBBEE5#BBBEE5

#BBBEE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.055 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE5
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 6.91, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 20.91, 289.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% 0.0111 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.055 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0465, 53.0481, 81.5581)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE5 #E5E2BB

analogous

#BBD3E5 #BBBEE5 #CDBBE5

triadic

#BBBEE5 #E5BBBE #BEE5BB

tetradic

#BBBEE5 #E5BBD3 #E5E2BB #BBE5CD

square

#BBBEE5 #E5BBD3 #E5E2BB #BBE5CD

split-complementary

#BBBEE5 #E5CDBB #D3E5BB

monochromatic

#6269C3 #8F94D4 #BBBEE5 #E7E8F6 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BBBEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE5

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE5	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.055 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ed',
    500: '#bbbee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee5;
$custom-light: #d0d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.05488,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE5

secondary

#BFBB85

accent

#AE2EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE5

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

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