#BBBDD3#BBBDD3

#BBBDD3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.031 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD3
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(235, 21%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 3.62, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 11.82, 287.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0062 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.031 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4465, 51.6627, 68.9296)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD3 #D3D1BB

analogous

#BBC9D3 #BBBDD3 #C5BBD3

triadic

#BBBDD3 #D3BBBD #BDD3BB

tetradic

#BBBDD3 #D3BBC9 #D3D1BB #BBD3C5

square

#BBBDD3 #D3BBC9 #D3D1BB #BBD3C5

split-complementary

#BBBDD3 #D3C5BB #C9D3BB

monochromatic

#7175A3 #9699BB #BBBDD3 #E0E1EB #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBBDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD3

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD3	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.031 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e0',
    500: '#bbbdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd3;
$custom-light: #cfd0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.03094,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD3

secondary

#A8A68A

accent

#9846A0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD3

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

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