#BBBDE7#BBBDE7

#BBBDE7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.059 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE7
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 231)
HSL	hsl(237, 48%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 18.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, 7.89, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 22.52, 290.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% 0.0131 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.059 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1115, 52.7287, 82.9653)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE7 #E7E5BB

analogous

#BBD3E7 #BBBDE7 #CFBBE7

triadic

#BBBDE7 #E7BBBD #BDE7BB

tetradic

#BBBDE7 #E7BBD3 #E7E5BB #BBE7CF

square

#BBBDE7 #E7BBD3 #E7E5BB #BBE7CF

split-complementary

#BBBDE7 #E7CFBB #D3E7BB

monochromatic

#6165C7 #8E91D7 #BBBDE7 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBDE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BBBDE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE7

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE7	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.059 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ee',
    500: '#bbbde7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde7;
$custom-light: #d0d0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81079,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE7

secondary

#C2BF84

accent

#B52ABB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE7

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

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