#BBBCDE#BBBCDE

#BBBCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.048 H 283.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBCDE
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(238, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(238, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, 6.47, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 18.26, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.0115 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.048 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6586, 51.8046, 76.3708)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBCDE #DEDDBB

analogous

#BBCDDE #BBBCDE #CBBBDE

triadic

#BBBCDE #DEBBBC #BCDEBB

tetradic

#BBBCDE #DEBBCD #DEDDBB #BBDECB

square

#BBBCDE #DEBBCD #DEDDBB #BBDECB

split-complementary

#BBBCDE #DECBBB #CDDEBB

monochromatic

#696BB6 #9293CA #BBBCDE #E4E5F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBBCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBCDE

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBCDE	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.048 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e8',
    500: '#bbbcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbcde;
$custom-light: #cfd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80551,
    "c": 0.04775,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBCDE

secondary

#B6B587

accent

#AA38AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141316

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBCDE

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

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