#BBBBD9#BBBBD9

#BBBBD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.042 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBBD9
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 217)
HSL	hsl(240, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, 5.95, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 16.13, 291.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% 0.0112 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.042 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7855, 51.1147, 72.8227)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBBD9 #D9D9BB

analogous

#BBCAD9 #BBBBD9 #CABBD9

triadic

#BBBBD9 #D9BBBB #BBD9BB

tetradic

#BBBBD9 #D9BBCA #D9D9BB #BBD9CA

square

#BBBBD9 #D9BBCA #D9D9BB #BBD9CA

split-complementary

#BBBBD9 #D9CABB #CAD9BB

monochromatic

#6C6CAD #9494C3 #BBBBD9 #E2E2EF #EBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBBBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BBBBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBBD9

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBBD9	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.042 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcfe4',
    500: '#bbbbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbbd9;
$custom-light: #cfcfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80175,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBBD9

secondary

#B0B089

accent

#A73FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBBD9

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

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