#BBBEE7#BBBEE7

#BBBEE7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.058 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE7
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 231)
HSL	hsl(236, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 17.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, 7.35, -20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 21.97, 289.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% 0.0117 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.058 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3274, 53.1604, 83.0372)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE7 #E7E4BB

analogous

#BBD4E7 #BBBEE7 #CEBBE7

triadic

#BBBEE7 #E7BBBE #BEE7BB

tetradic

#BBBEE7 #E7BBD4 #E7E4BB #BBE7CE

square

#BBBEE7 #E7BBD4 #E7E4BB #BBE7CE

split-complementary

#BBBEE7 #E7CEBB #D4E7BB

monochromatic

#6168C7 #8E93D7 #BBBEE7 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BBBEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE7

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE7	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.058 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ee',
    500: '#bbbee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee7;
$custom-light: #d0d1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81278,
    "c": 0.05769,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE7

secondary

#C2BE84

accent

#B12ABB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE7

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

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