#BBBDE0#BBBDE0

#BBBDE0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.049 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE0
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 224)
HSL	hsl(237, 37%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, 6.36, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 18.78, 289.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% 0.0108 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.049 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1426, 52.3411, 77.8623)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE0 #E0DEBB

analogous

#BBCFE0 #BBBDE0 #CBBBE0

triadic

#BBBDE0 #E0BBBD #BDE0BB

tetradic

#BBBDE0 #E0BBCF #E0DEBB #BBE0CB

square

#BBBDE0 #E0BBCF #E0DEBB #BBE0CB

split-complementary

#BBBDE0 #E0CBBB #CFE0BB

monochromatic

#676BBA #9194CD #BBBDE0 #E5E6F3 #EAEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BBBDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE0

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE0	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.049 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0e9',
    500: '#bbbde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde0;
$custom-light: #cfd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.757,
    "s": 37.374,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80823,
    "c": 0.0492,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE0

secondary

#B9B687

accent

#AA35B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE0

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

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