#BBBBD8#BBBBD8

#BBBBD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.041 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBD8
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 216)
HSL	hsl(240, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 13.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 5.74, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 15.59, 291.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0108 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.041 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6558, 51.0628, 72.1398)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBD8 #D8D8BB

analogous

#BBCAD8 #BBBBD8 #CABBD8

triadic

#BBBBD8 #D8BBBB #BBD8BB

tetradic

#BBBBD8 #D8BBCA #D8D8BB #BBD8CA

square

#BBBBD8 #D8BBCA #D8D8BB #BBD8CA

split-complementary

#BBBBD8 #D8CABB #CAD8BB

monochromatic

#6D6DAB #9494C2 #BBBBD8 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#BBBBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBD8

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBD8	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.041 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe4',
    500: '#bbbbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbd8;
$custom-light: #cfcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8014,
    "c": 0.04069,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBD8

secondary

#AEAE89

accent

#A640A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBD8

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

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