#BBBDDD#BBBDDD

#BBBDDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.045 H 282.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDDD
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 221)
HSL	hsl(236, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(236, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, 5.72, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 17.17, 289.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0097 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.045 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7393, 52.1798, 75.7384)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDDD #DDDBBB

analogous

#BBCEDD #BBBDDD #CABBDD

triadic

#BBBDDD #DDBBBD #BDDDBB

tetradic

#BBBDDD #DDBBCE #DDDBBB #BBDDCA

square

#BBBDDD #DDBBCE #DDDBBB #BBDDCA

split-complementary

#BBBDDD #DDCABB #CEDDBB

monochromatic

#696EB4 #9295C9 #BBBDDD #E4E5F1 #EBEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBBDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BBBDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDDD

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDDD	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.045 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e7',
    500: '#bbbddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbddd;
$custom-light: #cfd0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80716,
    "c": 0.04499,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDDD

secondary

#B5B287

accent

#A539AC

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDDD

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

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