#BBBDDE#BBBDDE

#BBBDDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.046 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDDE
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 222)
HSL	hsl(237, 35%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(237, 16%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, 5.93, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 17.71, 289.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.0101 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.046 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.8730, 52.2333, 76.4422)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDDE #DEDCBB

analogous

#BBCFDE #BBBDDE #CABBDE

triadic

#BBBDDE #DEBBBD #BDDEBB

tetradic

#BBBDDE #DEBBCF #DEDCBB #BBDECA

square

#BBBDDE #DEBBCF #DEDCBB #BBDECA

split-complementary

#BBBDDE #DECABB #CFDEBB

monochromatic

#696DB6 #9295CA #BBBDDE #E4E5F2 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BBBDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDDE

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDDE	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4C2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.046 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e8',
    500: '#bbbdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdde;
$custom-light: #cfd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.571,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80752,
    "c": 0.04639,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDDE

secondary

#B6B387

accent

#A738AD

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFC

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDDE

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

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