#BBBDD4#BBBDD4

#BBBDD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.032 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD4
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(235, 23%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, 3.83, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 12.35, 288.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0066 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.032 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5722, 51.7130, 69.5919)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD4 #D4D2BB

analogous

#BBC9D4 #BBBDD4 #C5BBD4

triadic

#BBBDD4 #D4BBBD #BDD4BB

tetradic

#BBBDD4 #D4BBC9 #D4D2BB #BBD4C5

square

#BBBDD4 #D4BBC9 #D4D2BB #BBD4C5

split-complementary

#BBBDD4 #D4C5BB #C9D4BB

monochromatic

#7074A5 #9699BC #BBBDD4 #E0E1EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBBDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD4

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD4	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.032 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e1',
    500: '#bbbdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd4;
$custom-light: #cfd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 22.523,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80405,
    "c": 0.03234,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD4

secondary

#AAA78A

accent

#9A45A1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD4

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

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