#BBBDD7#BBBDD7

#BBBDD7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.037 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD7
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 215)
HSL	hsl(236, 26%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 12.1%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, 4.45, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 13.96, 288.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% 0.0076 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.037 282)
XYZ	xyz(50.9542, 51.8658, 71.6034)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD7 #D7D5BB

analogous

#BBCBD7 #BBBDD7 #C7BBD7

triadic

#BBBDD7 #D7BBBD #BDD7BB

tetradic

#BBBDD7 #D7BBCB #D7D5BB #BBD7C7

square

#BBBDD7 #D7BBCB #D7D5BB #BBD7C7

split-complementary

#BBBDD7 #D7C7BB #CBD7BB

monochromatic

#6E72AA #9498C0 #BBBDD7 #E2E2EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBBDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BBBDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD7

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD7	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.037 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e3',
    500: '#bbbdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd7;
$custom-light: #cfd0e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.03656,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.51866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD7

secondary

#ADAB89

accent

#9D41A4

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD7

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

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