#BBBEE8#BBBEE8

#BBBEE8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.059 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE8
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 232)
HSL	hsl(236, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 18.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, 7.57, -21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 22.51, 289.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0121 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.059 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4690, 53.2170, 83.7832)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE8 #E8E5BB

analogous

#BBD5E8 #BBBEE8 #CFBBE8

triadic

#BBBEE8 #E8BBBE #BEE8BB

tetradic

#BBBEE8 #E8BBD5 #E8E5BB #BBE8CF

square

#BBBEE8 #E8BBD5 #E8E5BB #BBE8CF

split-complementary

#BBBEE8 #E8CFBB #D5E8BB

monochromatic

#6067C9 #8D92D9 #BBBEE8 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBBEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BBBEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE8

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE8	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.059 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1ef',
    500: '#bbbee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee8;
$custom-light: #d0d1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81315,
    "c": 0.05909,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE8

secondary

#C3BF84

accent

#B329BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE8

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

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