#BBBDE8#BBBDE8

#BBBDE8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.060 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDE8
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 232)
HSL	hsl(237, 49%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(237, 19%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, 8.11, -21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 23.06, 290.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% 0.0135 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.06 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2531, 52.7854, 83.7112)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDE8 #E8E6BB

analogous

#BBD4E8 #BBBDE8 #D0BBE8

triadic

#BBBDE8 #E8BBBD #BDE8BB

tetradic

#BBBDE8 #E8BBD4 #E8E6BB #BBE8D0

square

#BBBDE8 #E8BBD4 #E8E6BB #BBE8D0

split-complementary

#BBBDE8 #E8D0BB #D4E8BB

monochromatic

#6064C9 #8D91D9 #BBBDE8 #E8E9F7 #E8E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBBDE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BBBDE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDE8

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDE8	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C2EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbde8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.060 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0ef',
    500: '#bbbde8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbde8;
$custom-light: #d0d0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbde8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.333,
    "s": 49.451,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81116,
    "c": 0.06043,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDE8

secondary

#C3C084

accent

#B629BD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDE8

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

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