#BBBDE4#BBBDE4

#BBBDE4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.055 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE4
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 228)
HSL	hsl(237, 43%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 17.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 7.23, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 20.92, 290.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0121 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.055 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6914, 52.5607, 80.7529)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE4 #E4E2BB

analogous

#BBD2E4 #BBBDE4 #CEBBE4

triadic

#BBBDE4 #E4BBBD #BDE4BB

tetradic

#BBBDE4 #E4BBD2 #E4E2BB #BBE4CE

square

#BBBDE4 #E4BBD2 #E4E2BB #BBE4CE

split-complementary

#BBBDE4 #E4CEBB #D2E4BB

monochromatic

#6368C1 #8F92D3 #BBBDE4 #E7E8F5 #E9EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBBDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE4

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE4	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.055 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd0ec',
    500: '#bbbde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde4;
$custom-light: #cfd0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.073,
    "s": 43.158,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80968,
    "c": 0.05482,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE4

secondary

#BEBB85

accent

#B02FB6

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE4

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

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