#BBBDE5#BBBDE5

#BBBDE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.056 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE5
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 45%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 18%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 7.45, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 21.45, 290.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% 0.0125 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.056 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8307, 52.6164, 81.4861)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE5 #E5E3BB

analogous

#BBD2E5 #BBBDE5 #CEBBE5

triadic

#BBBDE5 #E5BBBD #BDE5BB

tetradic

#BBBDE5 #E5BBD2 #E5E3BB #BBE5CE

square

#BBBDE5 #E5BBD2 #E5E3BB #BBE5CE

split-complementary

#BBBDE5 #E5CEBB #D2E5BB

monochromatic

#6267C3 #8F92D4 #BBBDE5 #E7E8F6 #E9EAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBBDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE5

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE5	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.056 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ed',
    500: '#bbbde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde5;
$custom-light: #d0d0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81005,
    "c": 0.05622,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE5

secondary

#BFBC85

accent

#B12EB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFD

border

#D4D4D5

text

#141416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE5

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

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