#BBBDDB#BBBDDB

#BBBDDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.042 H 282.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDDB
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 219)
HSL	hsl(236, 31%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, 5.29, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 16.10, 289.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0091 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.042 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4745, 52.0739, 74.3435)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDDB #DBD9BB

analogous

#BBCDDB #BBBDDB #C9BBDB

triadic

#BBBDDB #DBBBBD #BDDBBB

tetradic

#BBBDDB #DBBBCD #DBD9BB #BBDBC9

square

#BBBDDB #DBBBCD #DBD9BB #BBDBC9

split-complementary

#BBBDDB #DBC9BB #CDDBBB

monochromatic

#6B6FB1 #9396C6 #BBBDDB #E3E4F0 #EBECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BBBDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDDB

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDDB	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.042 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e6',
    500: '#bbbddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbddb;
$custom-light: #cfd0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80646,
    "c": 0.04217,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDDB

secondary

#B2B088

accent

#A33CA9

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141415

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDDB

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

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