#BBBEEE#BBBEEE

#BBBEEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.067 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBEEE
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 238)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(236, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 20.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, 8.91, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 25.71, 290.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.014 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.067 282)
XYZ	xyz(54.3358, 53.5638, 88.3485)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBEEE #EEEBBB

analogous

#BBD7EE #BBBEEE #D1BBEE

triadic

#BBBEEE #EEBBBE #BEEEBB

tetradic

#BBBEEE #EEBBD7 #EEEBBB #BBEED1

square

#BBBEEE #EEBBD7 #EEEBBB #BBEED1

split-complementary

#BBBEEE #EED1BB #D7EEBB

monochromatic

#5960D6 #8A8FE2 #BBBEEE #E7E8F9 #E7E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBBEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BBBEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBEEE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBEEE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.067 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1f3',
    500: '#bbbeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbeee;
$custom-light: #d0d1f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.06749,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.53565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBEEE

secondary

#CCC781

accent

#BE1EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBEEE

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

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