#BBBDD9#BBBDD9

#BBBDD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.039 H 282.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDD9
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(236, 28%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 4.87, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 15.03, 288.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0083 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.039 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2127, 51.9692, 72.9651)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDD9 #D9D7BB

analogous

#BBCCD9 #BBBDD9 #C8BBD9

triadic

#BBBDD9 #D9BBBD #BDD9BB

tetradic

#BBBDD9 #D9BBCC #D9D7BB #BBD9C8

square

#BBBDD9 #D9BBCC #D9D7BB #BBD9C8

split-complementary

#BBBDD9 #D9C8BB #CCD9BB

monochromatic

#6C71AD #9497C3 #BBBDD9 #E2E3EF #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BBBDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDD9

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDD9	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.039 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e4',
    500: '#bbbdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdd9;
$custom-light: #cfd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.03936,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDD9

secondary

#B0AD89

accent

#A03FA7

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDD9

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

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