#BBBFE5#BBBFE5

#BBBFE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.054 H 280.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBFE5
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 229)
HSL	hsl(234, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(234, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 6.37, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 20.37, 288.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% 0.0097 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.054 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2638, 53.4827, 81.6305)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBFE5 #E5E1BB

analogous

#BBD4E5 #BBBFE5 #CCBBE5

triadic

#BBBFE5 #E5BBBF #BFE5BB

tetradic

#BBBFE5 #E5BBD4 #E5E1BB #BBE5CC

square

#BBBFE5 #E5BBD4 #E5E1BB #BBE5CC

split-complementary

#BBBFE5 #E5CCBB #D4E5BB

monochromatic

#626CC3 #8F95D4 #BBBFE5 #E7E9F6 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBBFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BBBFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBFE5

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBFE5	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.054 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d2ed',
    500: '#bbbfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbfe5;
$custom-light: #d0d2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81403,
    "c": 0.05356,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBFE5

secondary

#BFBA85

accent

#AB2EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBFE5

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

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