#BBBDE6#BBBDE6

#BBBDE6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.058 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE6
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 230)
HSL	hsl(237, 46%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 17.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 7.67, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 21.99, 290.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% 0.0128 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.058 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9707, 52.6724, 82.2236)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE6 #E6E4BB

analogous

#BBD3E6 #BBBDE6 #CFBBE6

triadic

#BBBDE6 #E6BBBD #BDE6BB

tetradic

#BBBDE6 #E6BBD3 #E6E4BB #BBE6CF

square

#BBBDE6 #E6BBD3 #E6E4BB #BBE6CF

split-complementary

#BBBDE6 #E6CFBB #D3E6BB

monochromatic

#6266C5 #8E92D6 #BBBDE6 #E8E8F6 #E9E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBDE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BBBDE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE6

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE6	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.058 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ee',
    500: '#bbbde6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde6;
$custom-light: #d0d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.209,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81042,
    "c": 0.05763,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE6

secondary

#C1BE85

accent

#B32CB9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE6

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

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