#BBBBD4#BBBBD4

#BBBBD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.035 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBD4
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 212)
HSL	hsl(240, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 11.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 4.91, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 13.44, 291.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0094 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.035 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1450, 50.8585, 69.4494)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBD4 #D4D4BB

analogous

#BBC7D4 #BBBBD4 #C7BBD4

triadic

#BBBBD4 #D4BBBB #BBD4BB

tetradic

#BBBBD4 #D4BBC7 #D4D4BB #BBD4C7

square

#BBBBD4 #D4BBC7 #D4D4BB #BBD4C7

split-complementary

#BBBBD4 #D4C7BB #C7D4BB

monochromatic

#7070A5 #9696BC #BBBBD4 #E0E0EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBBD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BBBBD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBD4

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBD4	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.035 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe1',
    500: '#bbbbd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbd4;
$custom-light: #cfcfe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80002,
    "c": 0.03506,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBD4

secondary

#AAAA8A

accent

#A145A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBD4

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

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