#BBBBD5#BBBBD5

#BBBBD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.036 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBD5
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 213)
HSL	hsl(240, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(240, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 5.12, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 13.98, 291.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% 0.0098 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.036 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2715, 50.9091, 70.1158)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBD5 #D5D5BB

analogous

#BBC8D5 #BBBBD5 #C8BBD5

triadic

#BBBBD5 #D5BBBB #BBD5BB

tetradic

#BBBBD5 #D5BBC8 #D5D5BB #BBD5C8

square

#BBBBD5 #D5BBC8 #D5D5BB #BBD5C8

split-complementary

#BBBBD5 #D5C8BB #C8D5BB

monochromatic

#6F6FA6 #9595BE #BBBBD5 #E1E1EC #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBBBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBD5

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBD5	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.036 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe2',
    500: '#bbbbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbd5;
$custom-light: #cfcfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80036,
    "c": 0.03646,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBD5

secondary

#ABAB89

accent

#A243A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBD5

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

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