#BBBDE3#BBBDE3

#BBBDE3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.053 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE3
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 227)
HSL	hsl(237, 42%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 7.01, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 20.38, 290.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0118 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.053 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5530, 52.5053, 80.0239)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE3 #E3E1BB

analogous

#BBD1E3 #BBBDE3 #CDBBE3

triadic

#BBBDE3 #E3BBBD #BDE3BB

tetradic

#BBBDE3 #E3BBD1 #E3E1BB #BBE3CD

square

#BBBDE3 #E3BBD1 #E3E1BB #BBE3CD

split-complementary

#BBBDE3 #E3CDBB #D1E3BB

monochromatic

#6469BF #9093D1 #BBBDE3 #E6E7F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBBDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BBBDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE3

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE3	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.053 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0eb',
    500: '#bbbde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde3;
$custom-light: #cfd0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80932,
    "c": 0.05341,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE3

secondary

#BCBA86

accent

#AE31B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE3

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

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