#BBBEE9#BBBEE9

#BBBEE9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.060 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEE9
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 233)
HSL	hsl(236, 51%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 20%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 7.79, -21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 23.04, 289.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% 0.0124 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.06 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6114, 53.2740, 84.5334)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEE9 #E9E6BB

analogous

#BBD5E9 #BBBEE9 #CFBBE9

triadic

#BBBEE9 #E9BBBE #BEE9BB

tetradic

#BBBEE9 #E9BBD5 #E9E6BB #BBE9CF

square

#BBBEE9 #E9BBD5 #E9E6BB #BBE9CF

split-complementary

#BBBEE9 #E9CFBB #D5E9BB

monochromatic

#5F66CB #8D92DA #BBBEE9 #E8E9F8 #E8E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBBEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BBBEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEE9

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEE9	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.060 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1f0',
    500: '#bbbee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbee9;
$custom-light: #d0d1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.087,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.06048,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEE9

secondary

#C5C084

accent

#B527BE

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEE9

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

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