#BBBBD6#BBBBD6

#BBBBD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.038 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBD6
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 214)
HSL	hsl(240, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 5.32, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 14.52, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0101 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.038 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3989, 50.9600, 70.7864)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBD6 #D6D6BB

analogous

#BBC8D6 #BBBBD6 #C8BBD6

triadic

#BBBBD6 #D6BBBB #BBD6BB

tetradic

#BBBBD6 #D6BBC8 #D6D6BB #BBD6C8

square

#BBBBD6 #D6BBC8 #D6D6BB #BBD6C8

split-complementary

#BBBBD6 #D6C8BB #C8D6BB

monochromatic

#6F6FA8 #9595BF #BBBBD6 #E1E1ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBBBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BBBBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBD6

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBD6	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6BFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.038 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe2',
    500: '#bbbbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbd6;
$custom-light: #cfcfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8007,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBD6

secondary

#ACAC89

accent

#A342A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBD6

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

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