#BBBDE2#BBBDE2

#BBBDE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.052 H 282.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE2
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 226)
HSL	hsl(237, 40%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 16.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 6.79, -18.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 19.85, 290.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% 0.0115 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.052 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4154, 52.4503, 79.2992)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE2 #E2E0BB

analogous

#BBD0E2 #BBBDE2 #CCBBE2

triadic

#BBBDE2 #E2BBBD #BDE2BB

tetradic

#BBBDE2 #E2BBD0 #E2E0BB #BBE2CC

square

#BBBDE2 #E2BBD0 #E2E0BB #BBE2CC

split-complementary

#BBBDE2 #E2CCBB #D0E2BB

monochromatic

#656ABD #9093D0 #BBBDE2 #E6E7F4 #EAEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#BBBDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE2

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE2	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.052 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0eb',
    500: '#bbbde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde2;
$custom-light: #cfd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.923,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80895,
    "c": 0.05201,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE2

secondary

#BBB886

accent

#AD32B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE2

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

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