#BBBDD6#BBBDD6

#BBBDD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.035 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD6
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 214)
HSL	hsl(236, 25%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, 4.24, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 13.43, 288.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0073 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.035 282)
XYZ	xyz(50.8261, 51.8145, 70.9288)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD6 #D6D4BB

analogous

#BBCAD6 #BBBDD6 #C6BBD6

triadic

#BBBDD6 #D6BBBD #BDD6BB

tetradic

#BBBDD6 #D6BBCA #D6D4BB #BBD6C6

square

#BBBDD6 #D6BBCA #D6D4BB #BBD6C6

split-complementary

#BBBDD6 #D6C6BB #CAD6BB

monochromatic

#6F73A8 #9598BF #BBBDD6 #E1E2ED #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBDD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBBDD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD6

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD6	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)

#B7BFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.035 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e2',
    500: '#bbbdd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd6;
$custom-light: #cfd0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 24.771,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80473,
    "c": 0.03515,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.51815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD6

secondary

#ACA989

accent

#9C42A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD6

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

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