#BBBDD5#BBBDD5

#BBBDD5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.034 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD5
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 213)
HSL	hsl(235, 24%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(235, 12%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 4.04, -12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 12.89, 288.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0069 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.034 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6988, 51.7636, 70.2583)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD5 #D5D3BB

analogous

#BBCAD5 #BBBDD5 #C6BBD5

triadic

#BBBDD5 #D5BBBD #BDD5BB

tetradic

#BBBDD5 #D5BBCA #D5D3BB #BBD5C6

square

#BBBDD5 #D5BBCA #D5D3BB #BBD5C6

split-complementary

#BBBDD5 #D5C6BB #CAD5BB

monochromatic

#6F74A6 #9598BE #BBBDD5 #E1E2EC #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBBDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD5

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD5	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.034 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e2',
    500: '#bbbdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd5;
$custom-light: #cfd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 23.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80439,
    "c": 0.03375,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD5

secondary

#ABA889

accent

#9B43A2

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD5

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

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