#BBBEEC#BBBEEC

#BBBEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.065 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEEC
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, 8.46, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 24.64, 290.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% 0.0134 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.065 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0436, 53.4469, 86.8096)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEEC #ECE9BB

analogous

#BBD6EC #BBBEEC #D0BBEC

triadic

#BBBEEC #ECBBBE #BEECBB

tetradic

#BBBEEC #ECBBD6 #ECE9BB #BBECD0

square

#BBBEEC #ECBBD6 #ECE9BB #BBECD0

split-complementary

#BBBEEC #ECD0BB #D6ECBB

monochromatic

#5B63D1 #8B90DF #BBBEEC #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBBEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BBBEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEEC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEEC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.065 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1f2',
    500: '#bbbeec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeec;
$custom-light: #d0d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81465,
    "c": 0.06469,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEEC

secondary

#C9C582

accent

#BA22C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEEC

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

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