#BBBDD8#BBBDD8

#BBBDD8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.038 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD8
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 216)
HSL	hsl(236, 27%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 13%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 12.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 4.66, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 14.50, 288.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% 0.008 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.038 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0831, 51.9173, 72.2822)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD8 #D8D6BB

analogous

#BBCCD8 #BBBDD8 #C8BBD8

triadic

#BBBDD8 #D8BBBD #BDD8BB

tetradic

#BBBDD8 #D8BBCC #D8D6BB #BBD8C8

square

#BBBDD8 #D8BBCC #D8D6BB #BBD8C8

split-complementary

#BBBDD8 #D8C8BB #CCD8BB

monochromatic

#6D72AB #9497C2 #BBBDD8 #E2E3EE #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BBBDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD8	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.038 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e4',
    500: '#bbbdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd8;
$custom-light: #cfd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 27.103,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80542,
    "c": 0.03796,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD8

secondary

#AEAC89

accent

#9F40A6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD8

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

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