#BBBEE6#BBBEE6

#BBBEE6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.056 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE6
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 230)
HSL	hsl(236, 46%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 7.13, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 21.44, 289.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% 0.0114 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.056 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.1865, 53.1041, 82.2955)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE6 #E6E3BB

analogous

#BBD4E6 #BBBEE6 #CEBBE6

triadic

#BBBEE6 #E6BBBE #BEE6BB

tetradic

#BBBEE6 #E6BBD4 #E6E3BB #BBE6CE

square

#BBBEE6 #E6BBD4 #E6E3BB #BBE6CE

split-complementary

#BBBEE6 #E6CEBB #D4E6BB

monochromatic

#6268C5 #8E93D6 #BBBEE6 #E8E9F6 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BBBEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE6

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE6	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.056 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ee',
    500: '#bbbee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee6;
$custom-light: #d0d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.814,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81241,
    "c": 0.05628,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE6

secondary

#C1BC85

accent

#B02CB9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE6

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

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