#BBBDEB#BBBDEB

#BBBDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.065 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBDEB
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(238, 20%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 8.78, -23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 24.66, 290.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% 0.0144 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.065 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6829, 52.9573, 85.9746)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBDEB #EBE9BB

analogous

#BBD5EB #BBBDEB #D1BBEB

triadic

#BBBDEB #EBBBBD #BDEBBB

tetradic

#BBBDEB #EBBBD5 #EBE9BB #BBEBD1

square

#BBBDEB #EBBBD5 #EBE9BB #BBEBD1

split-complementary

#BBBDEB #EBD1BB #D5EBBB

monochromatic

#5C61CF #8C8FDD #BBBDEB #E7E8F8 #E7E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBBDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BBBDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBDEB

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBDEB	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.065 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d0f1',
    500: '#bbbdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbdeb;
$custom-light: #d0d0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81229,
    "c": 0.06464,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBDEB

secondary

#C7C583

accent

#BB23C2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFBFE

border

#D4D4D6

text

#141416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBDEB

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

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