#BBBEEB#BBBEEB

#BBBEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.063 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEEB
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(236, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, 8.24, -22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 24.11, 289.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0131 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.063 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8987, 53.3889, 86.0466)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEEB #EBE8BB

analogous

#BBD6EB #BBBEEB #D0BBEB

triadic

#BBBEEB #EBBBBE #BEEBBB

tetradic

#BBBEEB #EBBBD6 #EBE8BB #BBEBD0

square

#BBBEEB #EBBBD6 #EBE8BB #BBEBD0

split-complementary

#BBBEEB #EBD0BB #D6EBBB

monochromatic

#5C64CF #8C91DD #BBBEEB #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBBEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BBBEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEEB

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEEB	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.063 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1f1',
    500: '#bbbeeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeeb;
$custom-light: #d0d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81427,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEEB

secondary

#C7C383

accent

#B823C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEEB

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

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